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Re: charter question re IKE changes



On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Chinna N.R. Pellacuru wrote:
> 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.

True, but irrelevant.  The comparison here is between a model using shared
secrets and a model using self-signed certificates, since the topic on the
table is the elimination of the former in favor of the latter. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry@spsystems.net



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