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From: lloyd@na.excelan.com (Lloyd Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: kerberos and ISO protocol standards
Summary: Posting a question to obtain X.509 information.
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Date: 14 Dec 89 23:17:57 GMT
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According to Dan Nesset:

> In the case of security in distributed systems, there is already a standard
> that provides a foundation upon which can be built systems with the
> functionality of kerberos.  This is the X.509 standard, which forms part of
> the X.500 directory service standard, and which uses public-key encryption to
> sign 'certificates' binding a user's name with a public-key.  Implementations
> of X.509 are in approximately the same stage of development as kerberos,
> although slightly behind.

Who is a contact to obtain information on the current X.509 efforts?

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