> From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@xxxxxxxxx> > The part that you don't state by name but imply is 'what is the business > model'. We are talking about a multi-million dollar change to the email > infrastructure. That is only justified if we can show a multi-billion > dollar return on the investment. > > I think that there is such a return. If my bank, my doctor, my brokerage > can send mail and be assured that the transport is confidential end to end, > they can use email in more ways. SSL made Web commerce possible and added > roughly five trillion dollars to global GDP according to one estimate. > Email security can make Internet commerce better and simpler and sustain > that growth. Even if the additional benefits from making the other Internet > killer application secure are 1% of the Web benefits, that is a lot of > potential. Unfortunately, "my bank, my doctor, my brokerage" have all implemented confidential email, but they are horrible webmail systems. That means that a considerable amount of the benefit that will be obtainable from confidential email is already being obtained, making it harder for proper confidential email to gain acceptance in the market. Dale