Amusing note on real-world PKI deployment

[Peter Gutmann]

Found while submitting a paper to a PKI conference:

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[...]

A Note on Authentication

We're using passwords for user authentication because, given the diversity of
user platforms and the (current) lack of a widespread PKI, it's the most
suitable right now.

[...]

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I guess this is an updated form of the Marshall Rose quote about "when X.400
users want to communicate, they use the phone" :-).

Peter.



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