Stephen Kent wrote: > At 8:39 -0800 12/12/03, Tony Hain wrote: > >vinton g. cerf wrote: > >> ... > >> Unfortunately, the discussion has tended to center on ICANN as the > only > >> really visible example of an organization attempting to develop policy > >> (which is being treated as synonymous with "governance" > > > >To further your point, an area completely outside of ICANN's purview, yet > an > >area requiring governance is PKI. We are at the point where deployment of > a > >PKI has moved beyond technical issues, becoming almost completely the > policy > >& politics of "trust". Until the politicians broker the trust > relationships, > >there is nothing technology can do. > > > >Tony > > Not everyone agrees that PKIs are all about trust :-). Still, even if > one establishes PKIs based on who is authoritative for the data in > certs,
Is there any other way? ;) > as I always suggest, I agree that the major remaining problems > are business and political, not technical. > > Steve
