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Re: Re[2]: Human I&A, IPsec, and their non-relationship

To: "Housley, Russ" <housley@spyrus.com>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Human I&A, IPsec, and their non-relationship
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 12:43:06 -0500
Cc: ipsec@ans.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Dec 1994 08:43:57." <9411167875.AA787596237@spysouth.spyrus.com>
Reply-To: perry@imsi.com


"Housley, Russ" says:
> > So --- are we all in agreement with Ran that IPSEC is *not* trying to
> > solve the human-computer authentication problem?
> 
> I agree.  IPSEC is not trying to solve the human-to-computer
> identification and authentication problem.

The fact that we are not trying to solve it, however, does not mean we
should impede its being solved. I think it is actually a requirement
that any solution *not* impede authentication systems being built on
top of our protocols.

.pm

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