- From: Bob Denny <rdenny@dc3.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 06:57:03 -0700
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
Lou Montulli wrote: > Why would you ever want to use digest if you already have > certificate support? I'll add some "practical" (non-technical) reasons: (1) Browsers do not permit sharing of certificates. The user must purchase a separate cert for each brand of browser they use. (2) Browsers have no "end-user" support for carrying certs around between computers. (3) Corollary to (1/2): Server operator must be able to register and keep multiple certs for at least some of their users Until certs are as portable as passwords, I think there are good reasons for having something like Digest. -- Bob
Received on Friday, 30 August 1996 06:59:36 UTC