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:
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:20:57 -0800
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Mon Dec 31 23:21:01 2001
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Subject:
Re: Arguements on key distribution vs. DNS
On 12/31/01 1:00 PM, "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com> wrote: > this is generally classed as "to a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Or it can be generally classed as "code reuse". You never did answer my previous question: >> 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