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

[bernie at fantasyfarm.com (Bernie Cosell)]

I'm a little confused [which usually means I'm misunderstanding 
something].  the springboard for this sort-of-side topic was my comment 
[somewhat in jest] about SMTP still being with us and from there a 
discussion of what, if anything, might actually be a candidate for a 
successor to it.  Am I correct that every proposal that's floated by so 
far has involved EVERY email sender and recipient having a personal 
public key?  If not, then perhaps someone could help me understand where 
I got confused.  If so, then is there any rational way even to consider a 
system that might involve allocating [and managing] several hundred 
million public keys?  AFAIK the PKI system barely works now... if every 
person who wants to participate in email 2.0 has to get a personal public-
key, that's going to be a bit of a mess, no?

  /Bernie\

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