To:
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>
Cc:
Key Distribution <keydist@cafax.se>
From:
David Conrad <david.conrad@nominum.com>
Date:
Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:38:28 -0800
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Thu Dec 27 22:38:26 2001
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Subject:
Re: What are we trying to do?
So, to be clear, do you feel that the advantages the existing DNS provide in terms of scalability, cachability, reliability, redundancy, etc. have insignificant value in the context of public key distribution or do you feel it is better to reinvent an architecture that will provide those attributes (and if so, why)? Rgds, -drc On 12/27/01 12:02 PM, "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com> wrote: >> My opinion is that we are trying to provide a common means for >> applications to distribute public keys amongst elements scattered >> across the (inter)network. > > a noble and useful goal. in the ietf, this is usually in the security > area. > > randy