At 1:17 PM 2/29/96, Housley, Russ wrote:
Jim, in what way does the end user distinguish between the MOSS-like integration and the S/MIME-and-MSP-like integration? It seems to me that a good user agent implementation provides the same services to the user.
Russ, since you weren't present at the workshop I'll repeat the very first words I said in the presentation I gave there. Functionally, from a user's perspective, there is for all practical purposes no difference between any of these technologies. Today I would add that we could pick one out of hat and just move on. However, there are differences in the technologies. Some are easier to implement, some are more flexible, some perform better, and the list goes on. We need to explore those differences to develop a criteria for evaluating the technologies so we can provide the best possible solution to the user community. I proposed one possible criteria in my presentation, by no means the only one and by no means complete. Jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Galvin galvin@eit.com VeriFone/EIT, PO Box 220, Glenwood, MD 21738 +1 410.795.6882