- From: Dick Hardt <dick.hardt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:47:21 -0700
- To: Ron Garret <ron@flownet.com>
- Cc: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren@telia.com>, public-identity@w3.org, Harry Halpin <hhalpin@w3.org>
The belief that your solution is *the* solution is in nearly all cases a failing solution. (I'm not singling you out Ron, the *you* in my statement is generic) Harry: while Anders delivery could be improved, there are a number of important points hinted out in his message which from my experience are critical to the success of the WG's mission. -- Dick On Feb 8, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Ron Garret wrote: > +1. The belief that something is infeasible is in nearly all cases a self-fulfilling prophecy. > > On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:40 AM, Harry Halpin wrote: > >> Anders, >> >> Again, if you believe in your below statements, I kindly suggest you join another mailing list. Furthermore, there is no new information in your email, just the same opinion you re-iterated earlier a number of times. >> >> cheers, >> harry >> >> >> On 02/08/2012 06:30 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: >>> >>> >>> I hope you don't get too upset but I believe the last 12 months have shown that >>> standardization of security and identity solutions on the web, particularly for >>> schemes that introduce changes in the client-platform, is more or less infeasible. >>> >>> Why is that? The interest in cooperating among the very few vendors that own >>> the web is minimal. In addition, the majority of all efforts in this space fail >>> like Microsoft's Information Cards initiative. >>> >>> Regarding DomCrypt, I see this as a Mozilla project which the other vendors can >>> take up or not depending if they find it useful. >>> >>> DomCrypt also shows the difficulty running open processes. It has been claimed >>> that DomCrypt could be "extended" to support smart cards. No document or >>> writeup has though been provided showing how this would work. IMO smart >>> cards using non-domain-restricted credentials such as PIV must not be exposed >>> on the web; they can only be used by trusted applications such as TLS. >>> >>> Anders >>> >> >> > >
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