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To: sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us
cc: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>, Edward Lewis <lewis@tislabs.com>, keydist@cafax.se
From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:43:05 -0500
In-reply-to: (Your message of "Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:12:15 EST.") <20020326021220.83F502A4E@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
Sender: owner-keydist@cafax.se
Subject: Re: My take on the BoF session

> > I think it would more accurate to say that you are trying to increase
> > the difficulty of a MitM attack on ssh's initial key exchange (and
> > that of similar protocols), than that you are providing some level of
> > assurance.
> 
> So, I don't quite care what you call it as long as it's clear that the
> goal is to pragmatically improve security.

I don't have any problem with the goal, but I do care what we call it. :) 

Keith

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