- From: Phil Karlton <karlton@netscape.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:55:47 -0700
- To: Don Schmidt <donsch@microsoft.com>
- CC: "'John Macko'" <jmacko@nisa.compuserve.com>, "'Tom Weinstein'" <tomw@netscape.com>, "'ietf-tls@w3.org'" <ietf-tls@w3.org>
> The distinction between whether the application server or the > authentication authority knows the passphrase is much more than > semantics. Another problem with using passwords is that it almost invariably allows the administrator of the authentication authority to impersonate any registered user. It makes accountability highly dubious. PK -- Philip L. Karlton karlton@netscape.com Principal Curmudgeon http://home.netscape.com/people/karlton Netscape Communications This kind of rotor is known as a squirrel-cage rotor because the way it's wound is like a bird cage.
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