Re: [saag] Or grow a real PKI (Re: SHA-1 to SHA-n transition)

Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz@cmu.edu> Tue, 03 March 2009 17:26 UTC

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Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:26:46 -0500
From: Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz@cmu.edu>
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--On Tuesday, March 03, 2009 09:04:39 AM -0800 "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" 
<pbaker@verisign.com> wrote:

> Governments can regulate PKIs to be employed for government purposes.

I think you misunderstand the nature of a government's power.