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> This isn't quite true. CommerceNet is a nonprofit consortium, and they
> recieved some $6 million from the government (half federal, half state).
Just to set the facts, CommerceNet received $6 million from the federal
government over three years. This has to be matched by equal amounts from
other sources - companies, for example. Hence, CommerceNet members are
paying membership fees to the consortium.
> It does concern me that CommerceNet is restricting their technology, which
> has been paid for in part by the government, to members on a very limited
> basis. To get the reference server implementation, it would cost us
> $25,000 - $35,000 depending on how you read the literature. And it
> wouldn't matter if one opted for the less expensive $5,000 associate
> membership, because then you would only get the reference client
> implementation. Which wouldn't do us any good.
The reference implementations for S-HTTP were developed not by CommerceNet, but
by EIT in partnership with RSA Data Security and NCSA. The CommerceNet
community is a place where this technology is being evaluated.
Regards,
William
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