Re: [stir] Way outside the "box" use case

[Paul Kyzivat <[e-mail]>]

On 2/29/16 12:38 PM, Eric Burger wrote:
> For the people on the STIR list: there is a potential WG being discussed in BA, LURK, that is principally looking at the problem of a content provider somehow allowing a CDN to sign on their behalf so that HTTPS and browsers “do the right thing.” If this sounds /similar/ to the STIR problem of delegated enterprise identity attestation, it should. See:
> https://trac.tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/
> and scroll down to “Security” or search for “LURK”.
> PLEASE, if you care about this issue, continue the discussion on the LURK list, not the STIR list. Thanks. See:
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lurk

ISTM that these problems are different, because (I think) in the LURK 
case the identity is tied to the DNS naming hierarchy, while in STIR is 
is tied to E.164 numbers. So for LURK I would think there are solutions 
that naturally link to DNS, but for STIR that won't work.

	Thanks,
	Paul