[Authentication] Short introduction

[Brad Hards]

On Wednesday 15 July 2009 12:07:53 Stef Walter wrote:
> An important thing to note from the outset is that this effort is
> completely orthogonal to: ... certificates....
<snip>
> This secrets API is about applications having a way to store secrets
> (ie: passwords) in a secure and simple manner, and then retrieve them
> again later.
[I've probably changed Stef's intent here, but its only for emphasis].

Is X.509 stuff (e.g. client side certificates or keys) out-of-scope here? I'm 
not asking to make it in (or out) of scope, just looking for a clarification.

Brad