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Re: CFP: PKI research workshop

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nomen Nescio)
Wed Dec 26 19:55:31 2001

From: Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com, spki@wasabisystems.com
Message-ID: <c6a1dd63e0ca600403c52fbbbb19009f@dizum.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 01:20:31 +0100 (CET)

PHB:
> PKI is in widespread use, it is just not that noticeable when you use it.
> This is how it should be. SSL is widely used to secure internet payment
> transactions.

PM:
> HTTPS SSL does not use PKI.

Could someone define PKI (beyond just what it stands for, Public Key
Infrastructure)?  It looks like you are all talking past each other by
using the term to mean different things.



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