[NA-Discuss] Conversation with Dave Piscitello

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

You are of course correct that there is a 'chicken/egg' element to  
these kinds of discussions. Security would need to be transparent to  
the end-user to the maximum extent possible and the tools they use.

On 6 Aug 2007, at 21:59, Bret Fausett wrote:

> In my limited experience, I've found that secure, authenticated
> communications -- over the web, by email, IM, what have you --  are
> difficult because both sides to the communication need to have a
> shared understanding and common implementation of the security
> protocol. Even in my business, dealing lawyer to lawyer and lawyer to
> client (both situations where you'd think security, confidentiality
> and trust would demand secure and authenticated communications), I
> find that most lawyers and clients ask me to *stop* sending them
> messages with a digital signature...because their blackberry or some
> other handheld won't read it correctly...or because a webmail app
> won't read it correctly. So I see a real need to get apps in the
> hands of users that can handle security in an easy, transparent way
> and then to educate users about what the technology is, what it means
> to them, and how to use it. As far as ALAC and ICANN are concerned, I
> suppose I see the value ALAC could add as pushing information from
> ICANN security working groups out to the users.
>
>       Bret
>
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