[Cryptography] Toxic Combination

[Bill Frantz]

In explanation, I offer "Frantz's law": No security protocol 
will achieve wide adoption unless it includes a revenue model 
which someone can use to build a business.
In explanation for why we have CAs, I offer "Frantz's law": No 
security protocol will achieve wide adoption unless it includes 
a revenue model which someone can use to build a business.

We can go back to Machiavelli' observation that to introduce a 
new way of doing things requires a strong supporter to overcome 
the inertia and hostility of all the people doing it the old 
way. The profit motive generates strong supporters.

Some may claim that SSH is a counterexample, but in the 
beginning, SSH was only available as a software product, and 
while it is now universal for sysadmins accessing servers, that 
is really a very narrow market in the scheme of things.

Cheers - Bill

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