Re: [No Subject Given]

Housley, Russ (housley@spyrus.com)
Mon, 26 Feb 96 20:46:39

Brad:

You wrote:
     On the whole, I haven't read anything of MSP yet, so 
     perhaps I'm totally off-base.  Maybe I'm misguided on this, 
     but when it comes to "new" protocols or standards that just 
     suddenly drop onto my radar screen, I sometimes wonder why 
     I haven't heard of them before and what someone is trying 
     to hide.

Yes, you are off base.  Version 2.5 of the MSP specification was published 
by NIST at least four years ago.  I do not remember the exact date.  Since 
then, version 3.0 was posted for electronic distribution by the U.S. Air 
Force.  Anyone who bid on the DMS surely downloaded the specification.

Perhaps MSP has not been "marketed."  But, it sure has not been kept 
secret.

Russ