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Re: charter question re IKE changes



My point is that, a security model based on self-signed certificates is
completely different than a model based on CA. You can't compare them as
if they provide the same benefits, and as if they meet the same
requirements.

    chinna

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Angelos D. Keromytis wrote:

> 
> In message <Pine.GSO.4.10.10010162139050.16768-100000@zipper.cisco.com>, "Chinn
> a N.R. Pellacuru" writes:
> >Traffic can be sent in the clear "with *less* hassle" then trying to
> >secure it.
> 

> It's even easier not to send any traffic. The point is, we want (for
> whatever reason) to send traffic securely. A certificate-based
> configuration is in fact easier (at least on the free IPsec
> implementations -- OpenBSD, Linux, KAME) than pre-shared keys.
>
 
> The commercial vendors should get their act together.
> -Angelos
> 
> 

chinna narasimha reddy pellacuru
s/w engineer



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