2008/7/7 Carol Lerche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Client certs can be used for authentication with no changes to a Firefox > browser or an Apache server. GTK based as well as web based software to > create certs also already exists. What sort of patch are you looking for? > I could certainly provide a page running in an apache server to validate a > request for and implant a client cert in a Firefox browser. The issue of > certificate creation needs a little more discussion, not because it is > difficult or requires a lot of new software to execute, but because it is > important to be clear about the requirements. When you describe the > overhead, do you mean the overhead of creating the certs? Examining them > when someone first logs on? > > I raised this alternative because you said that a bespoke browser was a > requirement to have automatic authentication with the school server. To me, > the benefits of running a standard browser are so substantial that this > trade off should be considered.
Can you explain these benefits? Both Gecko and WebKit are standard browser engines. I don't see much to be gained from a UI perspective (which presumably is what you're taking about?) by switching to FF3. Performance is the only compelling reason I see. Bobby > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Carol Lerche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Why does automatic authentication require a custom browser? Client >> > certificates work well for this function in ordinary web applications >> > (assuming a properly configured server). >> >> I haven't delved into this deeply yet, but I suspect that, while I am >> fond of client certs, they won't work - SSL network and CPU overhead >> and sidestepping PKI madness for server certs. More on this when I get >> to implement it. >> >> Now, anyone who wants to have a strong say on how I am developing this >> is free to start implementing it ahead of me, and showing me some >> fantastic patches :-) >> >> cheers, >> >> >> >> m >> -- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect >> - ask interesting questions >> - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first >> - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > > > > -- > Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the > roof and gets stuck -- George Carlin > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel