Re: [Auth]Re: IDsec specification draft

[Tony Stanco]

Where can I find the specification to review? 

>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 05:15:39 -0500
>From: David Sugar <address@hidden>
>To: Hans Zandbelt <address@hidden>
>Cc: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: [Auth]Re: IDsec specification draft
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>Actually I think I should elaborate further on IDsec.  Having had the 
>oppertunity to visit Hans while I was travelling in the Netherlands the 
>end of last month, I already have a good general knowedge of how IDsec 
>works and it's intent.  I think everyone in the auth list should, 
>perhaps, after the holidays, take the time to take a closer look over 
>this spec.
>
>IDsec has a workable implimentation of identity services.  There already 
>is functional a reference implimentation which will be made available as 
>free software.  While certainly not perfect, it does meet and hence 
>explain how to impliment our stated goal of a fully distributed identity 
>services that can operate at any level down to an individuals 
>workstation if so desired, and thereby meets both or technical 
>objectives for a correct functional solution as well as our ethical ones 
>for preserving privacy of user data.
>
>In a practical sense there are some issues in it to be resolved, but 
>none overly large.  I also think some aspects of it may make it 
>particularly desirable for commercial vendors to impliment.  This I 
>think is also a good thing, for if we were to bring out an identity 
>service, however useful it may be, it is important that commercial 
>interests will want to impliment it, or even do so for motivations far 
>different from ours; aligning commercial interests with ethical ones is 
>very useful in this case.
>
>There are a few potential drawbacks I perceive in the current 
>implimentation, and I would like to talk about the strengths and 
>weeknesses of IDsec more once people have had a chance to comprehend the 
>spec.  Perhaps it would also help once the reference implimentation is 
>actually made available and people get a chance to test and playing with 
>it even in it's current form, and this last issue I actually direct back 
>at Hans.
>
>David
>
>Hans Zandbelt wrote:
>
>>Doesn't anyone have any comments on the draft spec that I
>>sent 2 weeks ago? (or should I stop bothering...)
>>
>>Hans.
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