Subj : Binkd and TLS
To   : Alexey Fayans
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Dec 17 2019 02:34 pm

Hello Alexey,

On Tuesday December 17 2019 15:31, you wrote to me:

 AF> I mean something different. For example, if it would be somehow
 AF> possible to store CA pubkey in the nodelist, it could work.

That would mean a significant redesign of the format of the nodelist. WHich 
would make a lot of nodelist processing sofware go in a flat spin. I am not 
sure we should go that way...

 AF> Or we could have a global FIDONET CA. :)

Experience with previous "centralised authority" in Fidonet tells me this is a 
bad idea. Can you say "echolist"?

If I have to choose between the two evils of a centralised authority within 
Fidonet or one outside Fidonet, I'd pefer the latter. At last the latter 
presumably has no interest in playing fidonet politcal games.


Cheers, Michiel

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