Re: Gov't eyes public-key infrastructure

[Mike Johnson second login <exabyte!gedora!mikej2@uunet.uu.net>]

> >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...

I agree.  The web of trust still allows for key certification by some 
central authority -- but I get to choose which central authorities I wish 
to believe (and pay for).