[ppml] the "other" policy proposals

[Dave Mohler]

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In considering adding support for more solutions, I'd urge some
restraint; ensuring that the new solution meets needs that can't
reasonably be met by existing solutions.  (To be clear, I'm not
suggesting these proposals don't meet such needs.)  The risk is that
each solution added becomes one more solution whose removal "will be
considerably more controversial" (from Bill Woodcock's message) at some
point in the future, compounding the support effort required by the ARIN
staff.

David A. Mohler - mohler at graceland.edu 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf
Of
> Leo Bicknell
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 5:07 PM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] the "other" policy proposals
> 
> In a message written on Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 06:47:43PM -0400, Martin
> Hannigan wrote:
> > Leo addressed this, but yes, they are fine for some.
> > Most companies want support by default, even for a single
> > seat. There's also the assumption that certificate users can
> > use both. Many corporate security policies dont allow users
> > to
> > install software, and some have specific restrictions on
> > open
> > source of freeware. This is more complicated than it sounds,
> > to be honest.
> 
> All the more reason to be inclusive.
> 
> X.509, PGP, and SSL websites with authentication.  None of the
solutions
> requires leaving out any of the others.
> 
> --
>        Leo Bicknell - bicknell at ufp.org - CCIE 3440
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