Re: BofA+Netscape

[marca@neon.mcom.com (Marc Andreessen)]

At 7:50 AM 12/12/94, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>Marc Andreessen says:
>> I fully expect we'll be supporting other security standards and
>> approaches as they emerge, and we certainly welcome realistic suggestions 
>> on what we should do, when, and how.
>
>I told you in Email, Mr. Andreessen, that new transport level security
>protocols are useless now that IPSP has come near to standardization
>and now that prototype implementations are nearly available.

Great, IPSP looks fantastic and we look forward to supporting it
as it moves through and beyond the "near" phase.

> Many
>people at IETF in other groups expressed far less interest in
>proceeding with new security protocols now that there will be a
>network layer security protocol. However, you did not appear to be
>remotely interested. I suppose that you considered the comment I made
>"unrealistic".

No, I think IPSP is a great idea and I don't thin there's any question we'll
be supporting it.

>unfortunately, the product is
>just too pretty looking.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Marc


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Marc Andreessen
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