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Subject: Re: [pki-tc] Asia PKI Forum Report
I have some additions to this report. As you may have noticed, I am interested in the entire information infrastructure and its use of PKI. From Japan I have got the information that the government have a secure LGWAN with some 9000 agencies interconnected. That is, they, unlike their US counterparts[*], have realized that smart cards are best suited for securing access to physical and logical facilities, but are for many reasons, unfit for securing inter-agency messaging, with e-mail as a marginally interesting exception. Anders Rundgren *] Here we have an odd situation where the people responsible for the FPKI, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), do not acknowledge the need for secure networking that is independent of the relatively slow development of smart cards. Due to that, the various federal and state US inter-agency networks are since decades back creating their own ad-hoc security schemes, some using PKI, some using other measures. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Wilson" <swilson@lockstep.com.au> To: <pki-tc@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 03:53 Subject: [pki-tc] Asia PKI Forum Report Dear TC members Attached is my trip report from the February meetings of the Asia PKI Forum in Tokyo. The document includes much news from PKI applications and strategic developments in Japan, China, Taipei and so forth. There is a special focus on smartcards too. Enjoy! Cheers, Stephen Wilson Lockstep Consulting Pty Ltd www.lockstep.com.au 11 Minnesota Ave Five Dock NSW 2046 Australia P +61 (0)414 488 851 -------------------- About Lockstep Lockstep was established in early 2004 by noted authentication expert Stephen Wilson, to provide independent advice and analysis on cyber security policy, strategy, risk management, and identity management. Lockstep is also developing unique new smartcard solutions to address privacy and identity theft. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in OASIS at: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php
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