End of public key certificate useThis photo of a computer screen shows a public key certificate input page on the website of a South Korean bank on May 20, 2020. Such certificates, first introduced in 1999, will no longer be used following the passage of a revision to the country’s digital signature law by the National Assembly. (Yonhap)
That’s great news. Those lousy certificates wreaked havoc with every computer I used in Korea. Now let’s see if they can kick their addiction to ActiveX for good.
JoeC
6 years ago
@johnhenry
…ActiveX and Internet Explorer
Several years ago Microsoft finally admitted that IE was a lost cause and said, ‘OK, you should use this Edge browser now.’ By that time many Korean companies were locked in to licenses with proprietary ActiveX security modules that only worked on Internet Explorer and their customers and clients were required to install to connect to them.
That’s great news. Those lousy certificates wreaked havoc with every computer I used in Korea. Now let’s see if they can kick their addiction to ActiveX for good.
@johnhenry
…ActiveX and Internet Explorer
Several years ago Microsoft finally admitted that IE was a lost cause and said, ‘OK, you should use this Edge browser now.’ By that time many Korean companies were locked in to licenses with proprietary ActiveX security modules that only worked on Internet Explorer and their customers and clients were required to install to connect to them.