Enterprise IT
Client Application's First Deadly Sin
You can't be too rich or too thin, or so the saying goes.Unfortunately, the status quo in client/server development is that the client application can never be too fat. But these fatty applications will choke our networks of today and become the legacy applications of tomorrow.
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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.
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