[50973] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Maybe just slightly operational Palladium information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blitz)
Fri Aug 16 14:43:18 2002
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:42:27 -0400
To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
From: blitz <blitz@macronet.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20020816181302.4C2335D04@ptavv.es.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Bruce Schneier seems to confirm the worst expected about Pd.
At 11:13 8/16/02 -0700, you wrote:
>OK. This is a bit beyond the charter, but there was a long and
>annoying thread on Microsoft Palladium last week and I just read an
>interesting article that seems to minimize the FUD I have been seeing.
>
>http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0208.html
>
>The author is Bruce Schneier, one of the best known crypto and
>security experts out there. He is also not a Microsoft fan (or hater)
>and that makes him one of the best sources for information on computer
>security issues.
>
>Over all, I found the article excellent. It might at least make some
>of the silly messages on the subject seem even sillier and point out
>the real concerns and possible benefits of Pd.
>
>R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
>Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
>Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
>E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
