Gov't eyes public-key infrastructure

[Phil Karn]

>The U.S. government intends to operate a public-key certification
>system for government users that will also serve the private sector,
>as well. But a report just completed by Mitre Corp. for the National
>Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) puts the price tag at
>$1 billion for the start-up of the government alone, with a possible
>$2 billion annual operational cost for managing certificate-revocation
>lists.

All in all, I'd say this is a pretty good argument for PGP's web of trust
model...

Phil