To:
budi@alliance.globalnetlink.com
Cc:
bmanning@ISI.EDU (Bill Manning), ietf-provreg@cafax.se, ietf-whois@imc.org
From:
Bill Manning <bmanning@ISI.EDU>
Date:
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:05:27 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To:
<200101312346.RAA26477@alliance.globalnetlink.com> from "budi@alliance.globalnetlink.com" at Feb 01, 2001 06:07:49 AM
Sender:
owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Unique "Handles"?
% % On 30 Jan 01, at 15:42, Bill Manning wrote: % % > Er... not really. I've had email addresses that % > have been revolked and reassigned to new people. % > Email addresses are not the persistant indentifer % > you are looking for. % % That's ok, Bill. All you have to do is change/modify/ % update your (nic) handle / identifier. % (Just like updating a host/NS record in the database.) % Note: how long does it have to be presistant? Er, how does the registrar know that I am me if I can't validate myself since the email "handle" no longer works? % Or... we can go with a digital certificate. % (That may be too complicate since some countries may % restrict access to certain cryptography algorithms.) % % Or ... find something else. Like a PGP key... :) % % % -- budi % -- % Homepage: <http://budi.insan.co.id> % my presentation materials, papers, scrapbook, ... and more % What's your "web.id"? Register your web.id @ http://www.idnic.net.id % -- --bill