Thanks Julian,
> I agree that there are problems with this system, but addressing those needs to happen in a different working group.
And that would be...?
Cheers,
Greg
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On Nov 13, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2013-11-13 15:20, Tao Effect wrote:
>> Hi list!
>>
>> I only just heard about this discussion now, and so I signed up on the list.
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>> I strongly urge the HTTP working group and the IETF (if that's a different entity) to not rush this and allow more time for feedback from the internet community.
>>
>> The IETF is not the internet, and I assure you that there are a lot of people out there working on various solutions independently. They have valuable ideas to share, and feedback to offer. I think it's worth giving them a chance to speak before declaring something "HTTP 2.0".
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>> What I have read so far of the suggestions here leads me to think the ideas are still very immature.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but is "HTTP/2.0" still using today's PKI/CA system?
>>
>> If so, it is not worthy of the "2.0" designation, as any system that preserves this broken system does not provide any meaningful security guarantees.
>> ...
>
> Both 1.1 and 2.0 use the PKI/CA system only by indirection (through TLS).
>
> I agree that there are problems with this system, but addressing those needs to happen in a different working group.
>
> Best regards, Julian
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