Re: TLS on disconnected/intermittently connected networks

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Fri, 05 March 2021 00:53 UTC

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Subject: Re: TLS on disconnected/intermittently connected networks
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[private reply]

On 3/4/21 7:51 PM, Michael Thomas wrote:
>> Glad we agree on that.  I only wrote it because lots of IETF people 
>> who might respond to this thread seem to insist that part of the 
>> right solution is for all of these networks to connect to the public 
>> Internet, perhaps through a firewall, so that they can query the 
>> public DNS, and get firmware updates and root cert updates along with 
>> those, perhaps CRLs also.
>
> Not sure who this strawman is aimed at, but if it's me you're way off 
> the mark.

Nope, not you.