On 09/17/2011 10:37 PM, Marsh Ray wrote:
It really is the fact that there are hundreds of links in the chain and that the failure of any single weak link results in the failure of the system as a whole.
I'm afraid we will remain in disagreement on this. I do not view the failure of a single CA as a failure of PKI, no more than I see the crash of a single airplane as an indictment of air-travel. Are there weaknesses in PKI? Undoubtedly! But, there are failures in every ecosystem. The intelligent response to "certificate manufacturing and distribution" weaknesses is to improve the quality of the ecosystem - not throw the baby out with the bath-water. Arshad Noor StrongAuth, Inc. _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
