Avi Harris Baumstein writes
netscape has a proposal that secures the *transport* of files. pgp and the like secure the actual files themselves. the question that will have to be answered is "which method of security is more valuable to the internet as a whole?"
No. Both methods are valuable. Netscape has provided a screwdriver. People are screaming at them for not producing a hammer. They are planning the hammer later. We do not have to choose. The more tools, the better. The correct response is "Thanks, but what we really want is a hammer." Not "You stupid assholes, if you had the brains of a turnip you would know that a screwdriver is THE WRONG TOOL AND THE RIGHT TOOL IS A HAMMER, YOU HALF WITTED MORONS." -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd@netcom.com