Re: the netscape/ssl controversy

[jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)]

Avi Harris Baumstein writes
> netscape has a proposal that secures the *transport* of files. pgp and
> the like secure the actual files themselves. the question that will
> have to be answered is "which method of security is more valuable to
> the internet as a whole?"

No.

Both methods are valuable.

Netscape has provided a screwdriver.  People are screaming at
them for not producing a hammer.  They are planning the hammer
later.

We do not have to choose.  The more tools, the better.

The correct response is "Thanks, but what we really want
is a hammer."

Not "You stupid assholes, if you had the brains of a
turnip you would know that a screwdriver is THE WRONG
TOOL AND THE RIGHT TOOL IS A HAMMER, YOU HALF WITTED
MORONS."



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