Re: [pki-tc-chair] RE: OASIS PKI TC Survey Results and Follow-up (ACTION REQUESTED)

[Steve Hanna <steve.hanna@sun.com>]

Thanks, Steve. Your white paper is certainly illuminating.
Easier enrollment and lighter weight PKI for specific
applications would address many of the concerns raised
in our survey. Of course, some obstacles remain. But for
many applications this may be a good solution.

As for getting involved with the OASIS PKI TC, nothing
could be easier! You or your employer will need to join
OASIS, but the membership fees are quite low. $250 a year
for an individual, organizations on a sliding scale from
$1,000 to $5,750. Then you can join the TC and participate
in our email discussions and conference calls. Specify that
you want to be part of the PKI Member Section when you join.

In September, we'll be reviewing the results of our surveys
and deciding what action to take. I expect we'll put together
an Action Plan and try to sign up customers, vendors, industry
groups, standards groups, and such to help implement it. We
could use a member in Australia to help establish contacts there.

Please let me know if you have any more questions. And
don't forget to complete the follow-up survey!

Thanks,

Steve

Stephen Wilson wrote:
> 
> Steve
> 
> Pleasure to be involved to date, and I hope to respond to this followup within days.
> 
> In the meantime, I am not sure if I sent this to your earlier ... a recent white paper presenting a new vision for PKI, where the technology would be embedded deeply, just as ferro-magnetics is in plastic cards today.  I've researched ferro-magnetics -- it's even more complicated than PKI.  I even found a 40+ page FAQ on the technology!
> 
> The white paper discusses overcoming all major obstacles at once -- complexity of the user experience, cumbersome and intrusive passport-style registration processes, legal liability and uncertainty, and excessive technical training.
> 
> I'd be happy for the white paper to be distributed to interested parties in the OASIS committees.
> 
> And I'd be interested in knowing more about how best to engage with the committees, from down under!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stephen Wilson
> Chief Security Specialist
> SecureNet Limited
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Hanna [mailto:steve.hanna@sun.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:34 AM
> > To: steve.hanna@sun.com
> > Subject: OASIS PKI TC Survey Results and Follow-up (ACTION REQUESTED)
> >
> >
> > Thanks to your enthusiastic participation, our survey on
> > Obstacles to PKI Deployment and Usage was a huge success.
> > We received 216 responses from more than 30 countries,
> > which provided valuable insights that will be critical to
> > our future work. For details, see our survey analysis at
> >
> > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/pki/pkiobstaclesjune2003s
> > urveyreport.pdf
> >
> > In September, the OASIS PKI TC will decide what actions to
> > take to address the obstacles identified in this survey.
> >
> > But first we need to clarify a few things. We have prepared
> > a brief follow-up survey that:
> >
> > 1) Breaks down some of the broad obstacles in the June 2003
> >     survey into smaller categories so we can actually address
> >     them. For instance, we have broken down "Costs Too High" into
> >     "Cost of Software Acquisition", "Cost of Training", etc.
> >
> > 2) Adds several obstacles that were cited by several survey
> >     respondents as major "Other" obstacles. We read your
> >     comments very carefully and we want to make sure that the
> >     obstacles you identified are considered on an equal footing
> >     with the obstacles we initially identified.
> >
> > 3) Uses a point-based rating system to rank obstacles. This
> >     will help us allocate our resources to the most critical
> >     areas.
> >
> > 4) Allows you to suggest ways to overcome the obstacles.
> >
> > We know that you are very busy, but we hope that you will
> > take the time to complete this follow-up survey. Because
> > many people are on vacation in August, we will accept
> > responses for three weeks (from August 11 through September 1).
> > We encourage you to respond to this survey ASAP. The URL is:
> >
> > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/pki/obstaclesfollowup.html
> >
> > Your response is *very* important. We are only publicizing
> > this survey to people who responded to our earlier survey
> > and provided their email address (like you). You came through
> > for us last time with great responses. Please do so again.
> > If you do, we promise to send you the results of this survey
> > and a report detailing what actions the OASIS PKI TC plans to
> > take to address these obstacles.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > The OASIS PKI TC
> >
> > P.S. If you would like to join the OASIS PKI TC and help us
> > address these obstacles or you have other comments, please
> > contact our chairs at pki-tc-chair@lists.oasis-open.org.
> >
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> >
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