On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 02:07:19PM +0200, Alex Band wrote:
Signing emails from hostmaster@ripe.net, lir-help@ripe.net, new-lir@ripe.net and enum@ripe.net is one of the first pieces that we need to remove in order to phase out all the legacy software. While we realise that it is a best practice to sign such emails and are aware of the value it offers, we are planning to discontinue email signing from just these addresses starting 1 January 2014. It will allow us to phase out a part of our infrastructure that makes future migration a lot easier, while saving cost in the mean time.
it isn't obvious to me whether this is a transitional step and what the expected duration would be. That said, reducing authentication appears an odd signal to me, the technical/operational background of which I'd rather understand in more depth. -Peter