To:
rja@extremenetworks.com (RJ Atkinson)
Cc:
keydist@cafax.se, stephen.farrell@baltimore.ie
From:
Bill Manning <bmanning@isi.edu>
Date:
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 07:48:16 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To:
<C6891774-47E1-11D6-B84E-00039357A82A@extremenetworks.com> from RJ Atkinson at "Apr 4, 2 10:36:47 am"
Sender:
owner-keydist@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Let's assume DNS is involved
% % On Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 09:02 , Stephen Farrell wrote: % % > % >> a) There is no certification authority which signs keys for where the % >> name % >> is an IP address. % > % > That's a bit misleading. % % I think the original intent was to say that there is no existing % CA which is definitively authoritative for names where the name % is an IP address. One could imagine a world where ARIN operated % a CA for IP addresses in its purview (ditto for RIPE or APNIC), % but none of them seem to have done so just yet. % % Ran % rja@extremenetworks.com % APNIC has been working on CA activities for a couple of years now. ARIN has been discussing this for at least 6 months. I can't speak to RIPEs activities. -- --bill