[Cryptography] upgrade mechanisms and policies

[Bill Frantz]

On 4/28/15 at 6:42 AM, iang at iang.org (ianG) wrote:

>(Yeah, now poeple will chime in and repeat the marketing about 
>how it's hard because of multiple devices and and and ... the 
>point is, every which way you look at the SSL story, it isn't 
>about what the users need, it's about what was easy to convince 
>to be sold.)

If you want security solutions to be widely deployed, nothing 
beats having a revenue model for someone. With a revenue model, 
you have a champion who will work hard to sell the solution to 
the world. Without a revenue model, you just have a bunch of 
geeks with a good idea. We have TLS with CAs because there is a 
revenue model, not because it is the best solution.

Cheers - Bill

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