On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, Derek Atkins wrote:
The point is to have a centralized, distributed key distribution mechanism, similar in concept to the PGP Public Keyservers, but which scale much much better.i
We already have a centralized, for profit, key distribution system. http://ww.four11.com/InfoServices.html If they make money off it, there will be more of them, they will provide better service, and it will in due course become a distributed key distribution system. Digression: I notice that it is possible to have thread titled "Why PGP sucks" without Holy Warriors leaping into the fray. This is a marked contrast with certain other topics. Possibly the level of heat is inversely proportional to the level of knowledge. (I.e. it is safe to have such a thread title because in this list we have many people with considerable knowledge of several different crypto systems, and who have spent considerable thought on the various possibilities.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.catalog.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. | jamesd@netcom.com