Harry, > > This thread shows that a workshop on user certificates would be > > useful. Are you still planning on having one this spring, or have > > you given up on that? > > We'll see. It depends on how the Web Crypto WG goes, some amount > (although not everything talked about on this mailing list) > certificate handling is in "secondary features" so I see no real > reason for another workshop at this point unless it seems another WG > is necessary to do that work. The Web Crypto WG is about a JavaScript API. Issuing and using certificates should not require JavaScript. TLS client certificates are not a JavaScript feature. The <keygen> element, a building block for certificate issuance, is not a JavaScript feature. It is possible today to issue a certificate automatically to at least one browser (Firefox) without JavaScript, although not securely. A workshop would help you decide whether a WG is needed; and it would be useful to get the people interested in certificates in one room, whether or not a WG follows. Francisco
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