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Re: charter question re IKE changes
Traffic can be sent in the clear "with *less* hassle" then trying to
secure it.
chinna
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Michael Richardson wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Chinna" == Chinna N R Pellacuru <pcn@cisco.com> writes:
> Chinna> A common scenario these days in the silicon valley: a corporation got
> Chinna> acquired by another, and the network administrators are tasked with
> Chinna> connecting the two intranets ASAP. Pre-shared keys can be used to setup a
> Chinna> tunnel quickly (or the public keys can be manually exchanged). If
>
> This is only true if you are comparing against some poorly designed CA
> product. Go try someone else's product before you base your decisions on poor
> design decisions in your own product.
>
> Exchanging self-signed certificates can be done with *less* hassle than
> pre-shared keys.
>
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chinna narasimha reddy pellacuru
s/w engineer
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