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Re: Full Strength Stronghold 2.0 Released Worldwide

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Tue May 6 23:47:16 1997

Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 20:04:29 -0700
To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net

At 09:37 AM 5/6/97 -0400, Adam Shostack wrote:
>I agree with Sameer here.  What is the requirement being served by
>KR/OKAY in Netscape's system?
>
>Adam
>
>(I also like Sameer's use of KR/OKAY and KR/GAK to indicate how close
>they are to each other.  Mandated OKAY features can be turned into
>GAK.  Better to let the market decide which KR features are needed,
>and how to implement them.)

Wrong assumption. It is not which KR features are needed. It is if KR is
needed. I hold that KR is not needed in the enterprise. Despite what
business has been told and now nearly universally assumes to be true.



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