Practical Issues with TLS Client Certificate Authentication
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Date: 22 Feb 2014
Document Type: Briefing Papers
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Associated Event: NDSS Symposium 2014
Abstract:
TLS client certificate authentication has significant security advantages over HTML form-based password authentication. In this paper we discuss practical security and usability issues related to TLS client certificate authentication. We complement our paper with a measurement study performed in Estonia where TLS client certificate authentication is widely used.