From owner-spki@c2.net Thu Jun 3 01:43:41 1999 Received: from blacklodge.c2.net (blacklodge.c2.net [140.174.185.245]) by lox.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA28232; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 01:43:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by blacklodge.c2.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) id VAA24967 for spki-outgoing; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:57:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37560B34.E7E589C3@acm.org> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 21:57:24 -0700 From: Carl Ellison X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.0.30 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Lloyd CC: "'Gunther Schadow'" , spki@c2.net Subject: Re: opens source SPKI implementations? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-spki@c2.net Precedence: bulk Alan Lloyd wrote: > > Carl - sorry.. I was just trying to help - which may be strange for me > :-) I put my own smiley there on purpose.... :) > I just cannot see how one can put a PKI into "space" - it has to fit > onto something - and naturally because I work with CAs and Dirs - they > are the natural background questions I ask.. If however, the SPKI is > being applied to Pacemakers, Iron Lungs, Jars of Leaches and Bone Saws, > etc - than I will have to bow out. As I just cannot stand the sight of > blood on Public Key Material held in directory systems :-) Good point. Actually, whenever I meet a certificate I have to ask what test the verifier is running that needs information from the certificate, what specific information is being tested and what authority there is on that kind of information. I don't believe in certificates that wander around, unanchored -- so I believe you and I can be in violent agreement, if we give ourselves the time to discuss this together. - Carl -- Carl M. Ellison cme@alum.mit.edu http://www.pobox.com/~cme PGP: E0414C79B5AF36750217BC1A57386478 & 61E2DE7FCB9D7984E9C8048BA63221A2 ``Officer, officer, arrest that man! He's whistling a dirty song.'' [Jean Ellison]