[51222] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at smtpng.org
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Blayzor)
Wed Aug 21 20:42:21 2002
From: "Robert Blayzor" <rblayzor@inoc.net>
To: <davei@algx.net>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:41:57 -0400
In-Reply-To: <15716.11709.170109.333800@biohazard.demon.algx.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> The problem with SSL is it doesn't include certificate chain
> to arbitrary authorities. However, there's a space for web
> of trust in SSL, I believe, so yeah, a new verison of SSL
> might be just the ticket.
Lets not forget that you need an SSL cert for every server with a
different host name, and you need to go through companies like Verisign
to get them. (yes, there are lesser evils I know). But using SSL certs
could be more expensive then just registering your company, netblock or
whatever with a management account.
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