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[e] (0) Add some info about keygen.
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<header class=head id=head><p><a href=http://www.whatwg.org/ class=logo><img width=101 src=/images/logo alt=WHATWG height=101></a></p>
<hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 1 April 2014</h2>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 2 April 2014</h2>
</hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
<dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
<dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
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It is expected that after receiving the <code><a href=#signedpublickeyandchallenge>SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge</a></code> (SPKAC)
structure, the server will generate a client certificate and offer it back to the user for
download; this certificate, once downloaded and stored in the key store along with the private
key, can then be used to authenticate to services that use TLS and certificate authentication.</p>
key, can then be used to authenticate to services that use TLS and certificate authentication. For
more information, see e.g. <a href=https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:Certificate_Download_Specification>this MDN article</a>.</p>
<!-- or maybe https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS_Certificate_Download_Specification ? -->

<!-- how does the UA know which private key is associated with a certificate it gets back after
the server has taken the public key created by <keygen> and turned it into a client cert? -->
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Henri Sivonen,
Henrik Lied,
Henry Mason,
Henry Story,
Hugh Guiney,
Hugh Winkler,
Ian Bicking,
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<header class=head id=head><p><a href=http://www.whatwg.org/ class=logo><img width=101 src=/images/logo alt=WHATWG height=101></a></p>
<hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 1 April 2014</h2>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 2 April 2014</h2>
</hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
<dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
<dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
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It is expected that after receiving the <code><a href=#signedpublickeyandchallenge>SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge</a></code> (SPKAC)
structure, the server will generate a client certificate and offer it back to the user for
download; this certificate, once downloaded and stored in the key store along with the private
key, can then be used to authenticate to services that use TLS and certificate authentication.</p>
key, can then be used to authenticate to services that use TLS and certificate authentication. For
more information, see e.g. <a href=https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:Certificate_Download_Specification>this MDN article</a>.</p>
<!-- or maybe https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS_Certificate_Download_Specification ? -->

<!-- how does the UA know which private key is associated with a certificate it gets back after
the server has taken the public key created by <keygen> and turned it into a client cert? -->
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Henri Sivonen,
Henrik Lied,
Henry Mason,
Henry Story,
Hugh Guiney,
Hugh Winkler,
Ian Bicking,
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It is expected that after receiving the <code>SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge</code> (SPKAC)
structure, the server will generate a client certificate and offer it back to the user for
download; this certificate, once downloaded and stored in the key store along with the private
key, can then be used to authenticate to services that use TLS and certificate authentication.</p>
key, can then be used to authenticate to services that use TLS and certificate authentication. For
more information, see e.g. <a
href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:Certificate_Download_Specification">this MDN article</a>.</p>
<!-- or maybe https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS_Certificate_Download_Specification ? -->

<!-- how does the UA know which private key is associated with a certificate it gets back after
the server has taken the public key created by <keygen> and turned it into a client cert? -->
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Henri Sivonen,
Henrik Lied,
Henry Mason,
Henry Story,
Hugh Guiney,
Hugh Winkler,
Ian Bicking,
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