On 12 Jun 2002, Eric Rescorla wrote:
Yes, because it's an edge case.
So: "scalability is an edge case". I will restrain myself from
commenting further on this point.
We barely have any PKI at all, I think it's a little early to start
worrying about cross-certification.
I'm sure you're aware that many folks, including Your Federal Government,
are designing and building systems that rely on cross-certification even
as we type. You may think these are doomed to failure (I have my doubts
myself) but you can't deny that they have requirements to meet.
- RL "Bob"