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Re: delegation conflict, background



At  6:41 PM 6/28/96 -0400, Carl Ellison wrote:
>At 03:23 PM 6/28/96 -0700, Bill Frantz wrote:
>>If we do include no/limited delegation in SPKI, I hope we will also include
>>a discussion of its weaknesses and limitations.
>
>..you mean in our document? ..or just on the list in its archive?

I would like to think that potential users of the feature are aware of its
limitations.  I am not quite sure enough of myself to say it should be in
the draft, but I lean strongly that direction.  In the archive is not
likely to be seen by people who will naively think that it offers strong
security.


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