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Re: [Asrg] seeking comments on new RMX article

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Tue, 06 May 2003 16:14 UTC

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Damian,

DG> Thus spake Dave Crocker (dhc@dcrocker.net) [06/05/03 11:21]:
>> ps.  It strikes me that the RMX proposal is conceptually similar to the
>> old IDENT specification which purported to offer wonderful security but
>> was soundly rejected by the security community.

DG> The big difference is that IDENT is a per-user authentication mechanism,

I used the word "conceptually".  Your response is mostly about details.

From an architectural standpoing, both proposals seek to obtain a
small bit of validation from the sending host, and then extend the
semantics of that validation far beyond what is technically warranted.


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