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Re: [Asrg] Consent Proposal

"Danny Angus" <danny@apache.org> Wed, 02 July 2003 08:36 UTC

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From: Danny Angus <danny@apache.org>
To: Markus Stumpf <maex-lists-spam-ietf-asrg@Space.Net>, "Asrg@Ietf. Org" <asrg@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [Asrg] Consent Proposal
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Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 09:38:22 +0100
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> However
> there are lots of Root CAs with different pricing and different
> policies and to be honest I don't trust any of them getting it right.

Exactly! This is a trust mechanism, for it to work you have to trust someone. End of story.

Trust mechanisms don't work without trust.

What does work are the mechanisms which exist for propogating and revoking trust, that you don't trust anyone is a completely different issue.

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