[foaf-protocols] keygen substitute for Windows?

[Bruno Harbulot]

Hello,

On this topic, I updated the ESW Wiki a couple of days ago to add 
details about the various key-generation methods (in particular, how to 
make it work with Internet Explorer): <http://esw.w3.org/topic/foaf+ssl>

I also posted this message about <keygen> on the WHAT-WG list: 
<http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-January/024759.html>
Although <keygen> seems a priori helpful for what we're trying to do, 
I'm not convinced it's the right thing to have in HTML 5, considering 
the drawbacks and shortcomings of this element.

Best wishes,

Bruno.

Bruno Harbulot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've just updated http://github.com/harbulot/keygenapp
> The server-side is in Java, but that's not really where the problem is 
> in practice, it's the client-side (HTML and JavaScript) that's more 
> interesting.
> 
> It should now auto-detect the capabilities of the browser. It can 
> generate a certificate within the browser under:
> - MS IE8, Windows XP
> - MS IE8, Windows Vista
> - MS IE8, Windows Server 2008
> - Firefox 3.5, Linux
> (I haven't tried other combinations.)
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Bruno.