[29496] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: public key service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Mon Jun 26 18:17:53 2000
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 15:15:34 -0700
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> Spend as much as one of the root server providers does, on just PGP service.
>
> Can't justify that because it's not as crucial as DNS? Exactly.
>
> You want other people to spend millions of dollars to make PGP more
> convenient for you. Ok, you want that. And I want $73 million.
uh, your hyperbole is not appropriate considering that i am in a position to
put my money where my mouth is.
if you're not, that's cool too. bye.
> It's never going to be as robust as DNS
hmmm. as secure dns relies on a key distribution service, ....
> So PGP key serving, which not even all PGP users want or need, was down for
> you. Is that even a PROBLEM, much less an unreasonable one?
i think so. clearly ymmv. and that's fine with me, you just don't need to
do anything.
randy
