On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:01:02 PST, Paul Hoffman / IMC said: > This has nearly nothing to do with the technical part of the PKI, and > everything to do with the humans. Right. And to quote what Keith Moore said at the start of this thread: > I'd put this a different way. Until PKIs are able to represent the > rich diversity of trust relationships that exist in the real world, > they are mere curiosities with marginal practical value. That's a true statement whether it's the PKI's fault or not. The class of buildings known as 'a library' is, without books, a mere curiosity as well. It's not the library's fault that nobody is obtaining books to place on its shelves. Yes, we can probably make a PKI reflect a trust relationship, if we knew how to do it. Doesn't change the fact that until the PKI actually *does* it, it's a curiosity.
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