DTI Policy Response

Ian G Batten I.G.Batten at ftel.co.uk
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:20:27 +0100


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> It would be sufficient to start mandate that government and government
> funded bodies use licensed TTPs - so that's the universities taken care
> of for a start (sound FX: large explosion in Pembroke Street).
> After that, any companies which bid for government
> contracts must use licensed TTPs for security between company and
> government. After a while, how many companies are going to put up
> with the expense of using one CA for government communications and
> an unlicensed one for other comms?

Well, they tried that one with OSI and failed miserably, so
there is some hope for sense prevailing.

ian

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