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Re: S/MIME wins

1998-03-06 11:08:10
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In <199803061654(_dot_)IAA23337(_at_)mail(_dot_)proper(_dot_)com>, on 03/06/98 
   at 08:49 AM, Paul Hoffman / IMC <phoffman(_at_)imc(_dot_)org> said:

If that is the case, S/MIME by default could emerge as the dominant
standard."

And, if that is not the case, OpenPGP has the chance to "win". However,
it will take more work than is being shown in this Working Group. It's
been three months since the DC IETF meeting, but we haven't seen a second
draft of the main spec or the first draft of the MIME integration spec.

From the discussion on this list, it looks like there are still thorny
issues left in the main draft. The only way to for OpenPGP to finish is
for it to keep going.

Well who is working on these drafts? where are they? And what needs to be
done to get them finished??

I started making phone calls yesterday trying to find out the status of
things but could not reach anyone. I have a lot of time and effort tied up
in this too see it get pissed away before the race even gets started.


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