where 'o where to store certificates and keys
seth vidal
skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Tue Apr 19 20:24:37 UTC 2005
> +1 from me. From a desktop perspective, we need _one_ place to store
> user certs and keys. For example, in the future when NetworkManager
> supports 802.1x and wireless authentication with WPA, we'll need a place
> to store the user's certs for authentication against the access point
> and RADIUS server. Evolution stores user certs. Many other things do
> as well. Its just plain dumb to have this stuff everywhere and not
> manageable by an application.
>
Well lets be clear - user certs shouldn't be in /etc
users shouldn't be able to write to /etc
users' keys should be either in their home dir or on some sort of
removeable media.
-sv
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