Re: webid on nginx?

Excerpts from Henry Story's message of 2012-07-19 17:24:24 +0000:
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> On 19 Jul 2012, at 19:01, elf Pavlik wrote:
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> > Excerpts from Ben Carrillo's message of 2012-01-24 23:03:25 +0000:
> >> El martes 24 de enero de 2012, elf Pavlik escribió:
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> >>> I've heard while ago about some issues related to using webid with nginx
> >>> (even that it may not work for some reason).
> >> 
> >> 
> >> this thread might be relevant:
> >> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,15584
> >> 
> >> but let's wait to hear if there are some other experiences with that.
> > 
> > i just asked hellekin again on irc:
> > 
> > 16:52:50 hellekin elf-pavlik: I remember now the issue... Nginx has no mechanism to request a client SSL certificate
> >                  regardless of the CA. Instead it will check for a client certificate that matches the list of known CAs,
> >                  which renders WebID impractical
> > 
> > which looks like issue from this thread you have pointed... i assume than than no one running nginx can use webid at this moment? http://news.netcraft.com/archives/category/web-server-survey/
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> Sounds like the kind of thing a good TLS hacker could fix.
things happen fast on the web: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,228761 :)

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