CFP: PKI research workshop

[Scott Guthery]

1) SST = supersonic transport (see Concorde, see Concorde on 
government life support, see Concorde in pretty orange and yellow.)
2) monorail = one rail, not elevated, or driver-less. The only 
running monorail I know of is in Seattle; it was left over 
after the 1962 Worlds Fair. All the airport people-movers I have
seen run on two rails or on a roadway. 
3) Videophone != Webcam (see Picturephone)

See also magnetic bubbles, cold fusion, Charles Atlas and Ginger.

PKI is a great marketing gimmick. No doubt about it.  Put that 
logo on your home page and all the hoi polloi feel warm and fuzzy. 
Flashing neon signs work better than drab old hand-lettered ones.

But how much risk does it reduce?  What is the insurance
premium with it and what is it without it?  How much
underwriting is premised on PKI?  Is there one instance where
an insurance premium has been reduced by more than the cost of 
the PKI implementation and the ongoing cost of its administration?

STP does a great business.  So does Mary Kay.  I don't knock 'em.  
But I do understand what kind of oil they are.

Cheers, Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Hallam-Baker [mailto:hallam at ai.mit.edu]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:34 PM
To: Peter Gutmann; crawdad at fnal.gov; cryptography at wasabisystems.com;
spki at wasabisystems.com
Subject: Re: CFP: PKI research workshop


Let us see.

    Monorails are commonplace in airports these days.
    Web cams for online chat are used by millions of teenagers
    SST ? What is that

        Phill

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz>
To: crawdad at fnal.gov <crawdad at fnal.gov>; cryptography at wasabisystems.com
<cryptography at wasabisystems.com>; spki at wasabisystems.com
<spki at wasabisystems.com>
Date: 27 December 2001 21:42
Subject: Re: CFP: PKI research workshop


>>As I never tire of saying, "PKI is the ATM of security."
>
>Naah, it's the monorail/videophone/SST of security.  Looks great at the
World
>Fair, but a bit difficult to turn into a reality outside the fairgrounds.
>
>Peter (who would like to say that observation was original, but it was
actually
>       stolen from Scott Guthery).
>
>
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