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Re: "Re: DNS? was Re: Key Management, anyone?"

Hilarie Orman <ho@earth.hpc.org> Thu, 08 August 1996 02:56 UTC

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Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 23:03:02 -0400
From: Hilarie Orman <ho@earth.hpc.org>
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>  Authentication for what?

Clarified Assertion:
The minimal basis for authentication is the association of a public key
with an IP address.  The minimal authentication chain is through DNS
zone authorities.

This seems to me to be generally useful and meaningful mechanism for most
Internet purposes.  If a site doesn't have an appropriate key entry, it
won't be able participate in ordinary authenticated services --- sort of like
not having a valid IP address would invalidate it as an Internet member.

So, why is this wrong?

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