Re: removing keygen from HTML

Reto Gmür <[email protected]> Tue, 31 May 2016 13:40:04 +0200

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On Tue, 31 May 2016, at 10:04, Harry Halpin wrote:
> I do not know anyone from the cryptographic or security community that
> would support keeping <keygen>. Indeed, the default response from the
> security/crypto community would be to drop <keygen> due to legacy
> usage of MD5 and violation of security boundaries (SOP).
That would also be my response if I was employed by the NSA and wanted
to prevent technologies that allow user controlled strong cryptography
and decentralized networks of trust (as enabled by webId).

Cheers,
Reto

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<body><div>On Tue, 31 May 2016, at 10:04, Harry Halpin wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I do not know anyone from the cryptographic or security community that would support keeping &lt;keygen&gt;. Indeed, the default response from the security/crypto community would be to drop &lt;keygen&gt; due to legacy usage of MD5 and violation of security boundaries (SOP). <br></div>
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</blockquote><div>That would also be my response if I was employed by the NSA and wanted to prevent technologies that allow user controlled strong cryptography and decentralized networks of trust (as enabled by webId).<br></div>
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<div>Cheers,<br></div>
<div>Reto<br></div>
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