In article <20200127101751.ga2...@rafa.eu.org>,
Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop <r...@rafa.eu.org> wrote:
>If we are at this topic, I wonder since long time why none, literally none
>publicly available Internet service where users' private data is stored and
>needs to be protected, has implemented certificate-based login.

Because it's unusable unless you're a total nerd.  I have provisioned my browser
to use client certs and it wasn't pretty.

In practice TOTP is as good as client certs.  Both show that the
client has the key in a way that doesn't send the key over the wire.

R's,
John
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