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Re: Reliable delete notifies




>>>>> "Angelos" == Angelos D Keromytis <angelos@dsl.cis.upenn.edu> writes:
    Angelos> I would in fact argue for removal of preshared-key
    Angelos> authentication; it was useful for debugging or for very simple
    Angelos> setups, but the protocol complexity introduced both directly
    Angelos> (because of the need to support 2 or 3 auth methods) and
    Angelos> indirectly (encourages addition of other authentication
    Angelos> mechanisms) are simply not worth it.

  I would agree to this on one condition only:

  That the spec lists a simple, well known format (i.e. PKCS10) by which
self-signed certificates can be loaded into the trusted store, and by which
they will be produced. That implementations *MUST* support this.

  Debugging a CA system as well as IKE is simply a non-starter.

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