> All the end user device needs is a connection to the internet once per 90 days. The vast majority of networks have sufficient network connectivity for this.
I'm no expert on long-tail use cases, but I'd imagine that most networks either have internet connectivity or they don't. I can't think of many situations where you'd only have internet once every 90 days.
Of course one could argue that 90 days long is enough so an employee could go around with a memory stick and manually copy the certificate to every device - which is theoretically possible but sounds like a ridiculous thing to do just to keep a web interface workable. (And even then, you'd somehow need a unique certificate for every device)
I can't think of many situations where you'd only have internet once every 90 days.
Having worked in broadcast news, I can think of hundreds.
News doesn't happen in the newsroom. It happens in the field. And very often in places without internet access. Sometimes for weeks or months at a time. (Think siege at Waco, plane crashes, hurricanes, etc.)
I work in broadcast news. Specifically in connectivity in the field. I can’t think of any time we’d be without some form of Internet for more than a couple of days, depending how you define China as Internet.
There’s not much point in doing broadcast news of you can’t file, and you can only file if you have an IP connection (we do have some non ip satelite but without IP you wouldn’t be able to do much in the way of production - no production system, no email, no phone)
Covering natural diaaaters is why we have bgans and generators and MREs and water cleaning kits. Internet access is as essential as any other high risk safety equipment, and there’s no point deploying if you can’t file back.
I'm no expert on long-tail use cases, but I'd imagine that most networks either have internet connectivity or they don't. I can't think of many situations where you'd only have internet once every 90 days.
Of course one could argue that 90 days long is enough so an employee could go around with a memory stick and manually copy the certificate to every device - which is theoretically possible but sounds like a ridiculous thing to do just to keep a web interface workable. (And even then, you'd somehow need a unique certificate for every device)