- From: Eastlake III Donald-LDE008 <Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:27:21 -0500
- To: "'Hallam-Baker, Phillip'" <pbaker@verisign.com>
- Cc: www-xkms-ws@w3c.org
As the author of RFC 2535, I strenuously object... :-) Donald -----Original Message----- From: Hallam-Baker, Phillip [mailto:pbaker@verisign.com] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:06 PM To: stephen.farrell@baltimore.ie; www-xkms-ws@w3c.org Subject: RE: optional stuff (was Re: URL-level trust (was: Re: XKMS)) ... So we exclude any negotiation mechanism from the start. We do not start off with an ISAKMP style message saying 'here is what I might like to propose that we might do, do you have concerns in the matter that you might like to discuss, perhaps over dinner and a bottle or two of claret?'. If you implement the ISAKMP protocol in its entirety you can have up to 6 round trips just to select the producer and vintage[1]. ... Phill Phillip Hallam-Baker FBCS C.Eng. Principal Scientist VeriSign Inc. pbaker@verisign.com 781 245 6996 x227 [1] See RFC 2535 Appendix H subsection 23b. See also [2] [2] 'On the use of spurious citations in sarcastic comments and the gullability of those who look them up', H. Beloc, To be published.
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