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Re: "Gemini: Update User Certificate"
Thank you so much, this was an interesting discussion. I would personally prefer the solution with the signature chain (sign the new certificate with the old one). Also thanks for telling me how the certificate update works on BBS. For some reason, I failed on the first attempt (yes, it works).
Sep 12 · 2 months ago
@skyjake: Yes, please, add that text snippet to the Help page.
Gemini: Update User Certificate — Gemini uses certificates for login authentication. There are many valid reasons to change/update certificates. Certificates expire. Algorithms become outdated, keys too short. One might move from a global certificate to one per service (or the other way around). Change the user name and more. Yet, the protocol provides no way to update a certificate. I tested a certificate update both with Astrobotany and with the BBS and failed. Does anyone know of an...