On 3/4/21 12:14 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
That's the thing: the only thing that X.509 is used for at any scale is TLS and that is definitionally online. Everything else is niche in comparison. If you need offline capability, fine, but almost nothing does anymore if it's associated with the internet in any way.
I don't think that's true at all. There are a vast number of networks that are mostly disconnected from the Internet (but probably do connect occasionally), but which still use Internet protocols and applications.
It's silly to dismiss those as if they didn't exist or weren't important. They're quite often parts of critical infrastructure.
Keith
