Roeland and all,
Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
> At 05:37 PM 1/15/99 -0800, Greg Skinner wrote:
> >jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Greg Skinner wrote:
> >
> >>> I think what they are trying to do is prevent people from using
> >>> multiple "net identities" to register. It's very easy to establish
> >>> multiple net identities. Secure registration would not help unless it
> >>> required the person to present a unique token that somehow binds
> >>> strongly to the individual and can't be duplicated.
> >
> >> And doing so is easly doable, and is being done every day! So I
> >> find your point here invalid.
> >
> >I'm quite aware that this sort of thing is done every day. However,
> >does it prevent someone who is registered in multiple certification
> >authorities from submitting multiple certificates under different
> >identities?
> >
> >Verisign's, for example, costs $9.95 per year. The Berkman center
> >would have to consider whether requiring someone to use this CA
> >is better than charging a cheaper registration fee.
>
> Personally, I have a problem with this. This would be feeding MHSC's
> competition. I''m afraid I'd have to argue against such a recommendation,
> as I would against Thawt, on the same grounds. OTOH, MHSC would be quite
> happy to help such a voting center setup their OWN CA. To be used strictly
> for the purposes of voting. We should be vendor-neutral.
Roeland, you and I have talked about this on the phone a few times.
I agree with you in your suggestion here. It is indeed the best way
of handling it. The problem is time, and available re$ources in a given
amount of time, don't you think? We could however, migrate to your
suggestion fairly quickly. But for now, using an existing vendor
is about the only viable alternative at this juncture, I think. Comments?
>
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