RE: Every time ..., was Re: General formula

[Alan Lloyd <Alan.Lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ed - this is all too hard for me ... I cannot even predict how long my
wife will be on the phone tonight or the number of times my mobile will
drop out when using it (hands free of course) in the car.

As to certificate usage and lifetime - theory is useful - but practice
makes perfect. 

What is the lifetime of a Bus or Train ticket... It depends on the
attitude and hunger of the damn machines that read them...QED

regards as always.

PS - This person that predicted phone calls and phone connections - gee
he must be "one from on high" - can you ask him how big my next month's
bill will be :-)

	PPS good luck with the paper - is it signed - and how many
attributes does it have.?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ed Gerck 
> Sent:	Thursday, June 03, 1999 4:12 AM
> To:	Alan Lloyd
> Cc:	Bob Blakley; Graham Klyne; PKIX
> Subject:	Every time ..., was Re: General formula
> 
> 
> 
> Alan Lloyd wrote:
> 
> > Ed I  still do not know how anyone on this planet ...
> > can predict the life time of a cert.
> 
> Every time you make a phone call, it gets through because
> somebody on this planet was able to predict its duration.
> And yet, how can anybody on this planet be able to
> predict the lifetime (Lebendauer) of that connection?
> 
> The answer: By following very similar (though not
> equal) arguments as the ones I used. So, there is
> nothing magical about it.
> 
> I suggest you read my original posting here and its
> inlined reference [1]. The full paper will hopefully
> make it clearer also by examples.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ed Gerck
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> Dr.rer.nat. E. Gerck                                 egerck@mcg.org.br
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