Re: D-AR006.7 discussion points

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 02:29:38PM -0700, Joseph Hui wrote:
> > That is very different than saying that PKI should be used.  The use
> > of public keys does not require PKI.
> 
> D-AR006.7 doesn't say or imply PKI should be used.  Note the mention
> of KDC there.

Ok, I meant "KI". 8-)  I don't believe we need to require centralization
of key storage.  I'd prefer a more Web friendly approach of just giving
each key a URI, and allowing me to GET it (and returning 401 or 403 on
secret keys, for example).

MB
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Received on Tuesday, 7 May 2002 17:59:04 UTC