Maybe, but this would add legitimacy to X.509 and the CA business and cement it even further. It's an enormous ongoing drag to Internet security.
I'd like to see Mozilla and Google to team up on a reasonable replacement. Even Microsoft might join up given its recent shifts in attitude. TLS supports non-X.509 stuff just fine.
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Maybe, but this would add legitimacy to X.509 and the CA business and cement it even further. It's an enormous ongoing drag to Internet security.
I'd like to see Mozilla and Google to team up on a reasonable replacement. Even Microsoft might join up given its recent shifts in attitude. TLS supports non-X.509 stuff just fine.