Re: google proposing to deprecate KEYGEN

On 2015-08-04 08:01, Henry Story wrote:
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>> On 30 Jul 2015, at 16:44, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 2015-07-30 16:32, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>>> :(
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>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mozilla.dev.platform/pAUG2VQ6xfQ/FKX63BwOIwAJ
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>> Since none of the big users of client-side PKI have ever bothered with this crap
>> it won't be missed.   This signifies the (expected) end of WebID-TLS as well.
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> Not quite, as it depends on what happens in the TLS 3.0 group. But WebID-TLS can still
> work very well for server to server communication. It seems that in any case that is what
> is going to have to happen, as browser vendors seem to have lost their marbles somewhere
> along the way from Netscape to here.

The browser folks have lost the war against "Apps".  They don't realize (or acknowledge) the
obvious either: By bridging the Web and App worlds you could COMBINE the power of BOTH worlds.

The Web advocates are rather betting on that Apps is a fad, completely ignoring the fact
that Google, Apple, and Microsoft are putting giant resources into their App platforms.

Anders


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Received on Tuesday, 4 August 2015 07:19:18 UTC