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 Yeah, convinced me... :-)) DR> SSL can be used to provide authenticated transfer of the document, DR> but it also involves encryption (expensive) and specific web server DR> configurations. DR> In contrast, a content developer could use their x.509 certificate DR> to sign their HTML page during editing, so there are no specific web DR> server integration issues -- the author of the document is DR> seperately identified from the owner of the web site. DR> By having signed documents in a browser, users can verify the author DR> of the document without SSL. Companies with information, like DR> etrade, might use this technology so people know the data they are DR> looking at is real, not faked by someone who registered etrae.com DR> etc. If the signing technology is available and big delivery firms DR> like etrade can get value out of it, browser vendors are likely to DR> support signature verification -- they already can deal with PKI DR> anyway so the leap is not huge. DR> X.509 certificates can be used for many PKI purposes beyond SSL -- I DR> use free ones from thawte for secure email,they are used for code DR> signing, etc. DR> X.509 certs will be used for XML signing, so an XHTML module would DR> be a good start. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter V. Mikhalenko [mailto:xml-dev@s...] >> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 5:17 PM >> To: Doug Ransom >> Subject: Re: XHTML adoption curve >> Hello, Doug! DR>>> I thought of a little carrot that might help improve the HTML DR>>> developer affinity for XHTML: Signed XHTML. If XHTML pages were DR>>> signed in a specific manner with using x.509 based PKI, browsers DR>>> could inform users they can trust the content of the page. >> So what about SSL Certificates (using X.509)? Browsers DO inform >> users they can trust the content of the page. Yeah, they are working >> only in the transport layer, but I think it is a good idea to certify >> the source, not the document. >> __ >> Peter V. Mikhalenko >> Lead Developer >> Sigent Interactive Agency peter@s... __ Peter V. Mikhalenko Lead Developer Sigent Interactive Agency peter@s... 
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