[Hipsec-rg] Hierarchical HITs

oleg.ponomarev at hiit.fi (Oleg Ponomarev) Fri, 16 January 2009 22:42 UTC

From: "oleg.ponomarev at hiit.fi"
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:42:19 +0200
Subject: [Hipsec-rg] Hierarchical HITs
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Hi! On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Sheng Jiang wrote:

> As I explained earlier, a self-issued identity means little. Will any 
> country allow entrance of a man whose identity card is issued by himself 
> only?

I think we should distinguish authorization (deciding whether to grant 
access) and authentication (verifying identity).

-- 
Regards, Oleg.