[TLS] Re: PKI dynamics and trust anchor negotiation

David Benjamin <davidben@chromium.org> Thu, 06 February 2025 22:20 UTC

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On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM Salz, Rich <rsalz@akamai.com> wrote:

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> First, to correct a misrepresentation: this draft is not a veiled attempt
> to completely diverge from the Web PKI and fragment the ecosystem.
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> I never said that the draft is such a veiled attempt, and I don’t recall
> any other postings saying that.  I am concerned that the fragmentation is a
> highly likely outcome.
>

Hi Rich,

This was not in reply to you specifically. :-p

As for why fragmentation is not a likely outcome, the rest of the message
(not in your quoted portion) addresses this directly. Did you have any
specific thoughts here?

David