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camh@zip.com.au (Cameron Hutchison) wrote:

> I dont see how they could then force everybody to sign their email and
> other net correspondence, but I'm sure they could come up with inventive
> half-brained scheme :)

What happens if I have an account with an e-mail provider in the USA?  How
is the local provider going to make sure that I don't post e-mail without
it being signed via this overseas server?  I don't know enough about the
Internet protocols to know whether this is feasible or totally stupid, but
I suspect the latter.  And are they going to reject all content coming into
Australia from overseas if it's not signed?
 
> I can forsee major problems with this Australia Post key signing stuff.
> Most people aren't savvy enough to protect their keys properly which is
> going to create great opportunities for fraud. Mind you, I have nothing
> against this Australia Post scheme in general, as long as it isnt
> mandatory. It will be good to see some key signing authorities pop up. Just
> what we need to help spread the use of encryption.

Yes, some dolt who doesn't manage his key properly is going to end up being
the first one prosecuted for child pornography or something similarly
abhorrent, especially when people are trained to think that these keys are
"unbreakable" so obviously *no-one* else could have posted that disgusting
article.

Have fun,
	Mazz.

mazz@faceng.newcastle.edu.au