[ih] The Internet Plan; was: Ken Olsen's impact on the Internet

[dhc2 at dcrocker.net (Dave CROCKER)]

> This was years before PGP (which of course appeared in part as a counterpoint
> to PEM, since the top-down authentication model of PEM didn't sit well with
> everyone).


FWIW, I suspect Phil did not know about PEM.  A couple of histories about PGP 
don't mention the connection, plus Phil was not in the IETF mix:

    <http://library.thinkquest.org/27158/concept2_7_2.html>

Note the 1991 date.

RFC 989, defining PEM, is dated 1987.  Still the odds are good that PEM did not 
motivate PGP.

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   Dave Crocker
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