9 Jan
2016
9 Jan
'16
6:44 p.m.
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Bill Horne <bill(a)horne.net> wrote:
I'm not familiar with LOTW, but I know the PKI
process well, and I'm
confident that it provides a simpler and more robust solution.
LOTW uses x.509 certificates, so it fits within the realm of PKI. The
benefit to LOTW is that:
1. ARRL will verify the identity of any ham for free and sign a
certificate. This removes the burden of verifying identities from AMPR
or any other group that uses them.
2. Being x.509 certificates, they work with all the standard
infrastructure such as TLS websites.
Tom KD7LXL