IP: Re: Two security related articles: [risks] Risks Digest 21.30

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Re: IP: Two security related articles: [risks] Risks Digest 21.30
> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:46:56 -0500
> From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org>
>
>
> the nasty little truth being brought to light by the Verisign mess
> is that while PKI works fine on the white board, it actually
> doesn't work in the real world.  that nasty little verification
> operation gets slower and slower and slower with each addition to
> the CRL, and the network traffic goes up and up and up doing it.
>
> the sooner people realize that Public Key just won't work at
> any kind of scale the sooner we get on with doing something
> different
>
>         cheers
>         -mo



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