The answer to my earlier request seems to be:
There are apparently no standards and nothing in the works either
with respect to signing on-line data on the web using Internet browsers.
Since web-signing is today [*] used by many, many, more people
and organizations than there are users of signed e-email, I remain puzzled.
Is the PKI community really just a bunch of "nerds", mostly
out of touch with the needs of the market? The question is open.
*] Like Scandinavian banks having > 0.5M of users.
All current systems rely on entirely proprietary mechanisms.
Most of the vendors even require NDAs for getting the documentation.
Anders Rundgren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anders Rundgren" <anders(_dot_)rundgren(_at_)telia(_dot_)com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 14:07
Subject: [pki-tc] Standards for Web-signing
Folks,
I just wanted to know the status of possible standardization
efforts regarding signing on-line forms etc. on web. As web-signing
is a core function of many e-governments when communicating
with their citizens it seems that this should be standardized if
not already is.
Pointers are welcome. Off-list or on-list.
rgds
Anders Rundgren
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