At 7:50 AM 12/12/94, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Marc Andreessen says:
I fully expect we'll be supporting other security standards and approaches as they emerge, and we certainly welcome realistic suggestions on what we should do, when, and how.
I told you in Email, Mr. Andreessen, that new transport level security protocols are useless now that IPSP has come near to standardization and now that prototype implementations are nearly available.
Great, IPSP looks fantastic and we look forward to supporting it as it moves through and beyond the "near" phase.
Many people at IETF in other groups expressed far less interest in proceeding with new security protocols now that there will be a network layer security protocol. However, you did not appear to be remotely interested. I suppose that you considered the comment I made "unrealistic".
No, I think IPSP is a great idea and I don't thin there's any question we'll be supporting it.
unfortunately, the product is just too pretty looking.
Thanks! Cheers, Marc -- Marc Andreessen Netscape Communications Corporation Mountain View, CA marca@mcom.com