> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-
> us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of yyy
> Sent: July-29-12 11:18 AM
> To: openssl-users@openssl.org
> Subject: Re: client server management of client SSL certificates
> 
> On 2012.07.29. 17:49, Ted Byers wrote:
> > Thanks
> >
> > Are you talking about an object available in the browser object and
> > accessible via JavaScript, or  a JavaScript file I'd include in my web
page?
> > Can you provide an URL to a resource where I can learn more about it?
> >
> >
> It is a html form element. It is not related to javascript (I tried to use
it with
> javascript, but did not succeed).
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spkac
> http://www.w3schools.com/html5/tag_keygen.asp
> 
> Sample form, which generates SPKAC request:
> <form action="something.php" method="post"> Key params: <keygen
> name="reqdata" challenge="something" /> <input type="submit" /></form>
> 
> At other end, POST variable "reqdata" will contain SPKAC request, private
key
> will remain in browser.
> 
> In firefox and chrome this presents dropdown choice between 1024 and
> 2048 bit rsa (normal and high), in opera, this presents a longer dropdown
list
> ranging from ~1000 to 3000 or 4000 bit rsa.
> ________________________________________________________________

Great.  Thanks.

I'll do a bit of HTML5 coding, then.

But since it doesn't appear to be supported in MS IE, I will have to have a
form like that as a secondary page, with a similar page for MS IE users, and
JavaScript to direct the user to the one or the other based on the browser
the user is using.

Thanks again

Ted

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