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Article #2893Re: Is there a single person here who agrees with David Sternlight?
From: D. J. Bernstein
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:47
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:47
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In article <TYTSO.93Jan13212750@SOS.mit.edu> tytso@athena.mit.edu (Theodore Y. Ts'o) writes: > The only problem about RIPEM is that it doesn't use certificates. As > far as I'm concerned, if it doesn't use certificates, it's not useful. > Relying on a certificate server is tantamount to "authentication by IP > address", which is only one step above "authentication by assertion". Relying on the structure defined in the PEM ``standard'' is tantamount to ``authentication by Bidzos assertion,'' which is one step below. ---Dan
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