among other things, because <keygen> is not a standardized mechanism.

-Kyle H

On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Michael Ströder <mich...@stroeder.com> wrote:
> Eddy Nigg wrote:
>> I think Thawte uses the keygen tag as well. This is a signed public key
>> and challenge (SPKAC).
>
> I also thought so. But there is some Javascript and the HTML looks like
> this:
>
> <select name="spkac" challenge="tURRaHXxYBDwCk58"><option>2048 (High
> Grade)</option><option>1024 (Medium Grade)</option></select>
>
> This is definitely not a <keygen> tag. If I disable Javascript and press
> [Next] it won't work. Hmm, strange. I've examined the data traffic
> exchanged with livehttpheaders. The data I've grabbed looks like a SPKAC
> blob but I really wonder why the hell they are not using <keygen>.
>
> Ciao, Michael.
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