Re: [WebCrypto.Next] Support for HTML5's "keygen" in Windows and iOS

Keygen was created in the absence of a good user experience story. X.509
client certificates are already extremely problematic from a UX
perspective, and <keygen> just makes it worse with a confusing onboarding
workflow.

I will note that Microsoft is supporting U2F in Windows 10

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:43 PM, Anders Rundgren <
anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com> wrote:

> Microsoft haven't implemented HTML5's keygen in spite of being a
> "standard".
> The same is valid for iOS.
>
> This makes the use of X.509 certificates quite quirky.
>
> What's the way ahead then?  Since the world [apparently] is divided a
> better path
> could be to offer a web interface that allows you to implement the
> "keygen" you want.
>
> You see a pattern here?  No?
>
> Anders
>
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-- 
Tony Arcieri

Received on Tuesday, 17 February 2015 08:05:22 UTC