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To: ietf@ietf.org
Cc: isdf@isoc.org, keydist@cafax.se, openssl-users@openssl.org
From: "John Stracke" <jstracke@incentivesystems.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:36:55 -0400
Sender: owner-keydist@cafax.se
Subject: Re: Global PKI on DNS?

>> Because it's not their software? If I wanted to do PKI through DNS, and
my
>> ISP's server did not support TCP, I might be stuck.  Personally, I
don't
>> depend on my ISP for DNS, but many users do.
>
>So users wanting this new service will be pretty motivated to switch DNS
>servers when the time comes, what's the big deal in that?

The big deal is that some of the more restrictive ISPs may not permit
customers to bypass their DNS servers.  Same as with HTTP interception
proxies.

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