Re: PKI: Only Mostly Dead

2002-06-10 Thread lynn . wheeler
I think there is even less "I" than most people suspect. I've recently taken to some manual sampling of SSL domain name server certificates ... and finding certificates that have expired ... but being accepted by several browsers that i've tested with (no complaints or fault indications). there

Re: PKI: Only Mostly Dead

2002-06-09 Thread Morlock Elloi
> > >It's clearly not your shoe size in kilo-angstroms, unless you have MIGHTY > > >large feet. According to 'units', that works out to 4860 inches. > > > > Obviously it's my hat size then. > > I always knew you had a fat head ;) The real point here that 100% context-free situations are very

Re: PKI: Only Mostly Dead

2002-06-09 Thread Peter Gutmann
Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes: >> For example the value >>1234567890 taken in isolation could be anything from my ICQ number >>to my shoe size in kilo-angstroms, but if you view it as the pair { >>, } then it makes sense >>(disclaimer: I have no id

Re: PKI: Only Mostly Dead

2002-06-09 Thread Derek Atkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes: > >It's clearly not your shoe size in kilo-angstroms, unless you have MIGHTY > >large feet. According to 'units', that works out to 4860 inches. > > Obviously it's my hat size then. I always knew you had a fat head ;) > Peter. -derek -- Dere

Re: PKI: Only Mostly Dead

2002-06-09 Thread Derek Atkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) writes: > For example the value > 1234567890 taken in isolation could be anything from my ICQ number > to my shoe size in kilo-angstroms, but if you view it as the pair { > , } then it makes sense > (disclaimer: I have no idea whether that's either a valid I

Re: PKI: Only Mostly Dead

2002-06-01 Thread Peter Gutmann
>Peter Gutmann should be declared an international resource. Thankyou Nobody. You should have found the e-gold in your acount by now :-). >Only one little thing mars this picture. PKI IS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WHICH IS >USED EVERY DAY BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. Of course this is in reference to the

Re: PKI: Only Mostly Dead

2002-05-31 Thread Anonymous
[Trying to get this posted to the moderated cryptography list...] Peter Gutmann should be declared an international resource. With one foot in the commercial world, one in the government world and one in the cypherpunk world, he has a rare perspective on the big security issues. His irreverance,