the limits of crypto and authentication

[Rich Salz]

> If you had two products ... both effectively performing the same
> function, one you already had deployed, which was significantly cheaper,
> significantly simpler, and significantly faster, which one would you choose?

I was told that one of the reasons SSL took off was because Visa and/or MC
told merchants they would "for the time being" treat SSL as card-present,
in terms of fraud penalties, etc.  If this is true (anyone here verify?
My source is on the list if s/he wants to name themselves), then SSL/SET
is an interesting example of betting on both sides.
	/r$
-- 
Rich Salz                  Chief Security Architect
DataPower Technology       http://www.datapower.com
XS40 XML Security Gateway  http://www.datapower.com/products/xs40.html


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