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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by foolfoolz on Thursday February 08, 2018 @05:21PM (#16336121)
this is only in the pure local no internet case. with internet it’s a no-install plug in and done

you don’t need to install any certificates in any case. the server just needs to validate the client is well signed

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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by tokenizerrr on Thursday February 08, 2018 @05:29PM (#16336176)
User's webbrowser is visiting the appliance which resides on LAN. Webbrowsers require certificates signed by a CA.
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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by foolfoolz on Thursday February 08, 2018 @05:38PM (#16336221)
i think you are misunderstanding the IoT flow. you don’t connect to devices
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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by tokenizerrr on Thursday February 08, 2018 @06:28PM (#16336514)
That is a generalization. You certainly do with many networked appliances. And I prefer this, since that means connectivity with the device is not dependent on some cloud service. And that some cloud service can't control my appliance.
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