- From: Mo McRoberts <mo.mcroberts@bbc.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:48:02 +0000
- To: "Richard L. Barnes" <rbarnes@bbn.com>
- Cc: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren@telia.com>, channy@gmail.com, "public-identity@w3.org" <public-identity@w3.org>
On 28 Nov 2011, at 14:45, Mo McRoberts wrote: > Now, there might — presumably — be some variation on the theme where the HSM contains a private key whose public key is known to the relaying party, and *that* key is used to sign the newly-generated keys, allowing positive confirmation that the key was indeed generated on the HSM (because it won't sign keys which haven't been) — but I honestly don't know if any HSMs do this or not? where I said “relaying party” I do, of course, mean “relying party”! -- Mo McRoberts - Technical Lead - The Space, 0141 422 6036 (Internal: 01-26036) - PGP key CEBCF03E, Project Office: Room 7083, BBC Television Centre, London W12 7RJ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.
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