[29494] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: public key service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Mon Jun 26 17:54:54 2000
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:41:54 -0400
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In message <20000626172646.A1166@eiv.com>, Shawn McMahon writes:
>
>On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 01:39:49PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
>>
>> so, thanks to many nanogians, i now have a selection of servers, multi-
>> addressed servers, an ldap server, ... i can try when i need this service.
>> needless to say, i am not impressed. while i guess i can limp along like
>> this, it does not feel like what i would call a production quality service.
>
>Randy, no offense, but it sounds like you have some seriously unrealistic
>expectations here.
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>Exactly how much are you paying for this service? It sounds like you should
>receive a full refund.
No, Randy has a need -- an operational need that I suspect many on this
list share. His note simply says that the current system is inadequate
for production use; a more recent note asks, in about these words,
"what can he (and other operators) do" to help the situation.
--Steve Bellovin
