Re: [Auth]Freport Update

[Hans Zandbelt]

> You've just described the design of the Freport Databank retreival
> mechanism.

And a local Profile Manager!. So I guess we all agree that we
can make a robust secure implementation of a local Profile
Management system after all.

> > In this case, though, there's not much need for a Profile Manager; one
> > could just as easily use any sort of Web page (e.g. Geocities) to
> > store their Profiles which the client would go out and grab.
> 
> Not the whole of the design of the protocol, but essentially.
> Login/Certification adds an extra layer of protocol complexity on top of
> HTTPS, and the connection needs to be stateful, but essentially and
> simplified yes. 

In which case Geocities would be a remote Profile Manager...

Hans.