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Re: S\MIME
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donald E. Eastlake 3rd)
Thu Jan 16 15:31:40 1997
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 15:18:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <dee@cybercash.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <v02130502af03f1349e59@[10.0.2.15]>
I think secure email is a good thing.
Why isn't secure email ubiquitous? I believe there are two problems: user
agent migration and key distribution. For my proposed solutions, see my
MUSE (Mail Ubiquitous Security Extensions) internet draft:
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/internet-drafts/draft-eastlake-muse-01.txt.
Donald (hypocritically not using secure email for this message...)
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:57:31 -0400
> From: Arnold G. Reinhold <reinhold@world.std.com>
> To: Michael C Taylor <mctaylor@fractal.mta.ca>
> Cc: cryptography@c2.net
> Subject: Re: S\MIME
>
> Michael Taylor wrote:
> >
> >I don't see how S/MIME can compete to become the de facto standard of the
> >"Internet community" at all until their is a free cross-plaform
> >(UNIX/Win/Mac at least) S/MIME client.
> >
>
> I would also point out the expense, complexity and privacy problems
> associated with obtaining a certificate. Even $6/yr for a meaningless class
> 4 Verisign cert will put people off. And has anyone read Verisign's
> agreement lately with the Certification Parctice Statement (CPS)? Not
> consumer friendly.
>
> Arnold Reinhold
>
>
>
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