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I'm always stuck on that little step where Alice tells Bob what basis
she used for each photon sent. Tells him how? They need integrity
protection and endpoint authentication for N bits of basis. Is the
quantum trick converting those N bits to N/2 privacy-protected bits
really as
Why is it that none of those 100-odd companies with keys in the browsers
are doing anything with them? Verisign has such a central role in
the infrastructure, but any one of those other companies could compete.
Why isn't anyone undercutting Verisign's prices? Look what happened with
Thawte
At 1:15 PM -0400 9/24/03, Anton Stiglic wrote:
Interestingly, last time I checked, it was cheaper to buy from Thawte than
it was from Verisign directly.
Oh. That's easy.
The certificate doesn't say Verisign on it.
The mystification of identity is a hallmark of any hierarchical society.
At 08:34 AM 9/24/03 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
A consequence of the infinite CPU assumption is that ciphers like AES,
hash functions like SHA-1, etc. are all considered useless by the
purist QC community. Thus, people talk about doing authentication
with families of universal hash functions. This
Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why is it that none of those 100-odd companies with keys in the browsers are
doing anything with them? Verisign has such a central role in the
infrastructure, but any one of those other companies could compete. Why isn't
Adam Back wrote:
You'd have thought there would be plenty of scope for certs to be sold
for a couple of $ / year.
Excuse me? Why are they being sold per year in the
first place?
It's not as if there are any root servers to run!
Outrageous!
:-)
iang
Yes, there is a good reason for CAs to charge so much for certs.
I hope this posting is able to set this clear once and for all.
FOREWORD: It's often said that a good lawyer should be able to argue
both sides of an issue... Though I am not a lawyer, I believe it is
instructive to see things
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:40:38PM -0700, Ed Gerck wrote:
Yes, there is a good reason for CAs to charge so much for certs.
I hope this posting is able to set this clear once and for all.
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There is no
Hi Adam,
That was my point and why I said I don't see any reason cert prices
with reasonable competition couldn't fall to a few dollars/year.
I believe they have, at least to a large degree. InstantSSL
(www.instantssl.com) sell 128-bit certificates for $49USD/annum. Certainly
far cheaper than
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