- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:37:56 +0200
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:06:06 +0200, Mounir Lamouri <mounir.lamouri at gmail.com> wrote: > First of all, the keytype attribute should specify which algorithm to > use but it can be in the 'unknown state' and "it is possible for a user > agent to not support any key types at all.". I do not understand why the > keygen element would be implemented with no supported keytype. It would > be really weird and confusing to have a keygen element with no keytype. This was done as a compromise to Microsoft. That the element is parsed consistently and exposes the correct API was considered to be the most important if I remember correctly. (More details can be found in the public-html at w3.org archives.) -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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