9 Jan
2016
9 Jan
'16
7:44 p.m.
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Bill Horne bill@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