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CDSA Crypto framework endorsed, the whinier side of Micro$oft
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mullen, Patrick)
Fri Jan 9 14:37:23 1998
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 14:08:00 -0500
From: "Mullen, Patrick" <Patrick.Mullen@GSC.GTE.Com>
To: "'Cryptography'" <cryptography@c2.net>
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C17865%2C00.html
>
>A group of industry heavyweights has endorsed a
>new security standard proposed by Intel (INTC),
>called Common Data Security Architecture
>(CDSA), as a framework for developing security
>applications for e-commerce and Internet
>transactions.
>
>Conspicuously absent from the list is Microsoft,
>which did not participate in discussions within the
>Open Group, a standards group with roots in the
>Unix world. Ironically, Microsoft has asked the
>Open Group to take its ActiveX specification and
>turn it into a standard.
>
For a good laugh, read the rest of the article and listen
to M$oft whine about people wanting to use non-M$
products. WAAAAAAHHHHH!! 8^)
~~ Patrick
