Open Source (was Simple SSL/TLS - Some Questions)

[Florian Weimer]

David Honig wrote:

> For the former, you give a password or two --maybe
> reuse a POP3 that your users already have-- and all your
> users get in fairly securely, and you can verify them.  
> Easy for them because they already have a browser.  

Has anybody tried to revert the political decision not to support
password-based authentication with IPsec?

[Moderator's note: there was no such political decision to my
 knowledge. In fact, there was a requirement for manual keying from
 very early on in the protocol's life. --Perry]
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