Maybe just slightly operational Palladium information

Fri Aug 16 18:42:27 UTC 2002

Bruce Schneier seems to confirm the worst expected about Pd.

At 11:13 8/16/02 -0700, you wrote:

>OK. This is a bit beyond the charter, but there was a long and
>annoying thread on Microsoft Palladium last week and I just read an
>interesting article that seems to minimize the FUD I have been seeing.
>
>http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0208.html
>
>The author is Bruce Schneier, one of the best known crypto and
>security experts out there. He is also not a Microsoft fan (or hater)
>and that makes him one of the best sources for information on computer
>security issues.
>
>Over all, I found the article excellent. It might at least make some
>of the silly messages on the subject seem even sillier and point out
>the real concerns and possible benefits of Pd.
>
>R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
>Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
>Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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