Steve Kent has stated that I asked "what a certificate is", when what
I asked was what the "purpose of a certificate is". Note that the
question being discussed in the thread was whether the certificate
could be limited in its scope.
Steve Kent has stated that my "avowed purpose is to convince us that
symmetric key distribution is better than certificate-based public-key
distribution" when what I showed was his own misstatements of the facts
about symmetric key distribution.
In both cases Steve Kent has been unable or unwilling to respond to the
technical questions raised and so has resorted to gratuitous ad hominem
attacks. This behavior does not reflect well on him, on his employer or
on the cause for which these attacks were made. It is not possible to
make technical responses to such personal attacks. I would suggest that
the people who contribute to this board deserve better than this. Please
let's keep such personal attacks off this board.
Peace ..