"and two forms of ID"

Jeff Weinstein jsw at netscape.com
Fri Feb 23 09:04:30 PST 1996


Wei Dai wrote:
> The natural state of the Net seems to be a kind of semi-anonymity.
> Trying to push it in either direction (complete traceability or
> anonymity) is costly.

  Given that verisign and others will soon begin issuing large numbers of
certificates that do not guarantee the identity of the key holder, it seems
that this tradition will continue even with the wide deployment of X509 certs.

	--Jeff

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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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Any opinions expressed above are mine.






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