Re: [perpass] Commnets on draft-farrell-perpass-attack-00 was RE: perens-perpass-appropriate-response-01

Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Wed, 04 December 2013 23:11 UTC

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Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:11:33 -0500
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com>
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Subject: Re: [perpass] Commnets on draft-farrell-perpass-attack-00 was RE: perens-perpass-appropriate-response-01
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On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:06:51PM -0500, Ted Lemon wrote:
> > Don't you have anything substantial to say yourself, other than snarky oneliners?
> 
> I try not to repeat points that people smarter than I have already
> made, but I do take your point that this discussion is sufficiently
> widely splattered that nobody can possibly have followed every bit
> of it.

After seeing Bruce accuse everyone who is trying to add encryption to
prevent pervasive security to be a traitor, I decided that there was
not much to be added by continuing to engage him in a discussion.

I have full faith that the IESG, after the last call process, will
give Bruce's comments all the weight that they deserve.

Regards,

					- Ted