- From: David W. Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 14:26:13 -0700 (PDT)
- To: "nemo/Joel N. Weber II" <devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, nemo/Joel N. Weber II wrote: > However, much as the basic authentication scheme has problems, doesn't > SSL solve all those problems? Except that SSL is rather heavy weight performance wise and hence may be overkill where the real objective is reasonably reliable identification of a user w/o compromising their password data. And frankly, hearing your security philosophy raises concerns about hidden virus being added to complex software many many folks use from the GNU project. But that is clearly offtopic for this list. Dave Morris
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