[html5] r3773 - [e] (0) Add a worthless <keygen> example.
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Wed Sep 9 00:40:28 PDT 2009
Author: ianh
Date: 2009-09-09 00:40:25 -0700 (Wed, 09 Sep 2009)
New Revision: 3773
Modified:
index
source
Log:
[e] (0) Add a worthless <keygen> example.
Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index 2009-09-09 06:47:17 UTC (rev 3772)
+++ index 2009-09-09 07:40:25 UTC (rev 3773)
@@ -36017,8 +36017,31 @@
authenticate to services that use SSL and certificate
authentication.</p>
+ <!-- how does the UA know which private key is associated with a
+ certificate it gets back after the server has taken the public key
+ created by <keygen> and turned it into a client cert? -->
+ <div class=example>
+ <p>To generate a key pair, add the private key to the user's key
+ store, and submit the public key to the server, markup such as the
+ following can be used:</p>
+
+ <pre><form action="processkey.cgi" method="post" enctype="multipart/formdata">
+ <p><keygen name="key"></p>
+ <p><input type=submit value="Submit key...">
+</form></pre>
+
+ <p>The server will then receive a form submission with a packaged
+ RSA public key as the value of "<code title="">key</code>". This
+ can then be used for various purposes, such as generating a client
+ certificate, as mentioned above.</p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+
+
<h4 id=the-output-element><span class=secno>4.10.12 </span>The <dfn><code>output</code></dfn> element</h4>
<dl class=element><dt>Categories</dt>
Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source 2009-09-09 06:47:17 UTC (rev 3772)
+++ source 2009-09-09 07:40:25 UTC (rev 3773)
@@ -40375,8 +40375,31 @@
authenticate to services that use SSL and certificate
authentication.</p>
+ <!-- how does the UA know which private key is associated with a
+ certificate it gets back after the server has taken the public key
+ created by <keygen> and turned it into a client cert? -->
+ <div class="example">
+ <p>To generate a key pair, add the private key to the user's key
+ store, and submit the public key to the server, markup such as the
+ following can be used:</p>
+
+ <pre><form action="processkey.cgi" method="post" enctype="multipart/formdata">
+ <p><keygen name="key"></p>
+ <p><input type=submit value="Submit key...">
+</form></pre>
+
+ <p>The server will then receive a form submission with a packaged
+ RSA public key as the value of "<code title="">key</code>". This
+ can then be used for various purposes, such as generating a client
+ certificate, as mentioned above.</p>
+
+ </div>
+
+
+
+
<h4>The <dfn><code>output</code></dfn> element</h4>
<dl class="element">
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