Robert W. Shirey writes:

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1993 10:54:43 -0500 From: "Robert W. Shirey" <shirey@mitre.org>

Is there anyone who has, or is able to, articulate the PGP point of view for public key management and compentently contrast it to the PEM point of view?

Is there, perhaps, someone who has written on this subject or spoken publicly in an organized fashion?

I am seeking such a person for a presentation and panel discussion at an international conference.

I need names ASAP!

Please feel free to forward this message to appropriate newsgroups.

Regards, -Rob- SHIREY@MITRE.ORG * tel 703.883.7210 * fax 703.883.1397 Robert W. Shirey, The MITRE Corporation, Mail Stop Z202 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102-3481 USA

I talked to Rob about this. What he's really looking for is not really so much a spokesman for the PGP vs "Big Brother" type of discussion, but rather someone who can discuss PGP key management issues from a technical standpoint. He'd really like to find someone who has dealt with managing a PGP key-server, thoroughly understands the "web of trust" model used in PGP (contrasting it to the certification authority hierarchy used in PEM) and is a good and articulate public speaker. Being partisan for PGP is fine, but you'd better be able to argue from a technical standpoint, not just an ideological one. Peter Trei ptrei@mitre.org