On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 16:24 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > +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.
Well, really isn't he talking about user-acquired certs for the machine?
It's not quite the same thing as either case.
--
Peter
