[whatwg] Only allow md5WithRSAEncryption with <keygen keytype=rsa>?

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Adam Roben wrote:
>
> HTML5 currently says that the signature algorithm used with <keygen 
> keytype=rsa> should be any of "those listed in section 2.2.1 ('RSA 
> Signature Algorithm') of RFC 3279."
> 
> However, both WebKit and Gecko only ever use the md5WithRSAEncryption 
> signature algorithm. And apparently WebKit ran into compatibility issues 
> with MIT's websites back in 2004 when it tried to use the id-sha1 
> signature algorithm instead.
> 
> I'd recommend that HTML5 change to say that only the 
> md5WithRSAEncryption signature algorithm should be used for <keygen 
> keytype=rsa>.

Done.

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