[Discuss] Why the dislike of X.509?

[Richard Pieri]

On 8/25/2014 3:54 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
> (Which doesn't change that anything that smells like escrow smells
> 'off' to those who care about security that really works.  From what
> Rich has said re dates, his allergy to escrow likely stems from the
> same controversy as mine.
> http://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/usa/clipper.htm
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip#Backlash

No, my distrust and distaste goes back to the early push behind PEM
(Privacy Enhanced Mail). The Clipper/Skipjack backlash was me and many,
many others saying "told you so" about hierarchical PKI and key escrow
systems.

-- 
Rich P.