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Re:REMME – A blockchain-based protocol for issuing X.509 cli... by nixpulvis on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @12:59PM (#18866971)
Related https://danubetech.com/download/dpki.pdf: possibly interesting at the DNS, CA level. I'm struggling to see how this applies to user passwords though. Wouldn't users still need some form of "password".
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Re:REMME – A blockchain-based protocol for issuing X.509 cli... by fedotovcorp on Thursday January 17, 2019 @06:43AM (#18930037)
You are right. There are a lot such ideas of implementations for DNS, CA level etc. For authentication, there are also field to try it, but of course, blockchain isn't a solution that would fit everywhere.
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