1995-07-13 - Re: def’n of “computer network”

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-07-13 19:46:51 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 13 Jul 95 12:46:51 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 95 12:46:51 PDT
To: Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu>
Subject: Re: def'n of "computer network"
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Although I hardly oppose the construction of "headerless"
cryptographic protocols, they make key management in any sort of a
reasonable system a living hell. If you work for an organization
maintaining a reasonable number of keys -- say a few hundred at some
institution -- you will have to linearly search them to find which one
is the right one. What a royal pain.

Rapid deployment in ordinary software is, of course, preferable.

Perry





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