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To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
cc: openssl-users@openssl.org, ietf <ietf@ietf.org>, <isdf@isoc.org>, Key Distribution <keydist@cafax.se>
From: "RL 'Bob' Morgan" <rlmorgan@washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:50:49 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <kjit4ole1o.fsf@romeo.rtfm.com>
Sender: owner-keydist@cafax.se
Subject: Re: Global PKI on DNS?


On 12 Jun 2002, Eric Rescorla wrote:

> Yes, because it's an edge case.

So:  "scalability is an edge case".  I will restrain myself from
commenting further on this point.

> We barely have any PKI at all, I think it's a little early to start
> worrying about cross-certification.

I'm sure you're aware that many folks, including Your Federal Government,
are designing and building systems that rely on cross-certification even
as we type.  You may think these are doomed to failure (I have my doubts
myself) but you can't deny that they have requirements to meet.

 - RL "Bob"




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