Updated: WebCrypto Information Card V2.0

[Anders Rundgren]

Earlier this year I published a W3C WebCrypto-derivate that could be used to resurrect the Information Card concept.
However, it was [rightfully] slashed by Google as being too difficult to fit inside a browser and for not properly aligning with the "web model".

I have subsequently revised the scheme, so that it should be fairly straightforward integrating in a browser. The concept is now also fully aligned with the web through adherence to SOP (Same Origin Policy), albeit trough emulation: http://webpki.org/papers/PKI/pki-webcrypto.pdf

The primary advantage of using WebCrypto instead of a "Fat Client" is that there are several quite different Information Card scenarios that doesn't fit well in a single package. There is also a branding issue.

I.e. each community can now define their own take on the Information Card concept _without_any_user_installation_.

The concept depends on a considerably updated credentialing platform. Is this a problem? Not at all :-)

thanx,
Anders