alt Hacker NewsThese things should be offline / resilient first right?
Smartcards / YubiKeys.
Never understood the logic for these to be centralised / online.
These things should be offline / resilient first right?
Smartcards / YubiKeys.
Never understood the logic for these to be centralised / online.
PKI works offline until you realize you need to handle revocations.
For this and related reasons, such as enforcing protocol upgrades, most smartcard systems end up permanently online.