Author: Bob Holtzman Date: Subject: Digital Signing (Beat The Dead Horse) was Re: Free Software for
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, der.hans wrote:
> Am 25. Sep, 2002 schwätzte Randy Kaelber so:
>
> > Lather, rinse, repeat. This is why key signing parties are good (bring
> > along a photo ID!). Everyone there can sign everyone's keys, and when
>
> No. Voltage Spike already hit on this problem. Photo IDs only verify who the
> gov't thinks you are ( presuming it's not a forged document ).
Offhand I can't think of any form of ID where this isn't true at some
level.
> I don't care who the gov't thinks you are. Totally irrelevant. I want to
> verify that whoever you are, the mail I'm getting that claims to be from
> you really is from you.
How do you propose to do this?
--
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch,
......check the price of the beer!"
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