Re: Can we back up a bit and ask some basic questions? Analternate model

At 5:48 PM +0000 2/15/03, Roy Badami wrote:
>I realize that many will probably wish to confine themselves to IMAA,
>but I think there is a benefit in releasing both solutions to the
>world simultaneously, so that people can choose which they wish to
>deploy.

The IETF has a long history of very bad outcomes when we release two 
very different ways to do the same thing. In the email world, the 
fact that S/MIME and PGP are both IETF standards has pretty much 
prevented any sender from being able to assume what the recipient can 
receive. The fact that there are two standardized PKIX certificate 
enrollment protocols has caused it to be almost impossible to roll 
out secure email or VPNs in a reasonable fashion. And so on.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium