Re: X.500, Naming and the Internet

[Christian Huitema <[e-mail]>]

>At the risk of being excessively pedantic, the point I'm trying to
>get across is that the Directory should reflect the infrastructure
>created by the appropriate existing registration authorities. ISO does
>not have the right to create civil infrastructure in France, the French
>government does.

uh? What the hell is the French government doing here! I assure you that it
has a lot of more urgent problems to deal with. Besides, value added
computer service is a deregulated authority, in which the government does
not even has the right to intervene, following EC rules.

I can use whatever keys I want for my databases, and the government has
nothing to say to it. I dont even have to feel constrained by national
boundaries. In another context, a French advisory body of the telecom
regulation authority discussed once the allocation of NSAPs; it was felt
perfectly OK that a French company will obtain an NSAP from e.g. BSI...

Christian Huitema