- From: Bennet Yee <bsy@cs.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:58:29 -0700
- To: jsw@netscape.com
- cc: Tom Weinstein <tomw@netscape.com>, ietf-tls <ietf-tls@w3.org>
I've been too busy, but felt this deserves a reply. Jeff Weinstein wrote regarding password mechanisms: > Also note that these protocols (HTTP, POP, etc.) have to solve this > problem anyway, since they will generally not be used with TLS any > time soon. Since they are already solving the problem, why do we > need to do it again? All programs must do I/O. Since they all have to figure out how to do so, why provide them with operating systems or standard libraries to help them? -bsy -------- Bennet S. Yee Phone: +1 619 534 4614 Email: bsy@cs.ucsd.edu Web: http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/bsy/ USPS: Dept of Comp Sci and Eng, 0114, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0114
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