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At the end of a long day at the office, during which I had spent hours staring at interminable protocol traces, the telephone rang and I blinked for the first time in what seemed to be an hour. My back creaked as I reached for the phone. CMP Network Computing

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In Clients We Trust

Instead of all their hand-wringing about client security, operators of consumer Web sites should implement support for client certificates, thereby replacing or enhancing the registration process. And instead of waiting for the user to obtain a client certificate, ISPs should just issue one when the user signs up. Client certificates are no less secure than the consumer authentication methods used today. CA (Certificate Authority) and e-business sites should provide incentives for users to obtain stronger certificates as needed. CMP Network Computing

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