Re: non-repudiation, was Re: proposed key usage text

[Ed Gerck <egerck@xxxxxxx>]

Peter:

Thanks for the useful links, including patents.  The topic
extension seems to be off-charter for PKIX -- though one may
expect that other standards and references may realign
themselves with PKIX, but this is on their turf.  What could
be done here was IMO done to a large extent -- to clear the
PKIX discourse and to make NR useful and distinguished
from authentication, while reducing its potentially misleading
aspects.  Especially useful was to clarify that NR has nothing
to do with "willful intent", it has to do with evidences.  So,  this
WG has now a rather objective  agreement (if one also includes
the archives, for context) on NR and work can go on until this
agreement is again challenged by facts.  Until then, I am happy
to pursue this discussion in private or in other technical fora
such as the MCG -- in particular on modeling NR as a "modus
tolens" logical affirmation in modal logic.

Cheers,

Ed Gerck