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RE: [platform-update-dev] Role Based Updates
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: platform-update-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:platform-update-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Foster
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:18 AM
> To: platform-update-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [platform-update-dev] Role Based Updates
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> Christophe Elek wrote:
> Does somebody really want their cert sitting around on each
> client's machine?
>
The point is that you need each client to have a *client* certificate - which you can sign using your master certificate.
Each client then becomes uniquely distinguishable and verifiable - though you do have to think about what happens if someone simply copies these files from machine to machine.
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