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Article #2826re: Public Key Depository
From: Joe Patlak
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:06
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:06
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Vasselin Bontchev recently asked if DNS mechanisms could be used to distribute public keys. Would it not be equally acceptable to put your public key in a .plan file so that it would be listed by the finger program. If you need a public key from an individual who's machine you know, finger individual@machine would deliver it to you. This seems to work locally (my own tests). For example try finger patlak@salus.med.uvm.edu [not much security in this example since this particular key is signed only by myself, but still...] -- Joe Patlak patlak@salus.med.uvm.edu Department of Physiology University of Vermont (802) 656-8912 Burlington, VT 05405
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!patlak From: patlak@med.uvm.edu (Joe Patlak) Subject: re: Public Key Depository Message-ID: <1993Jan23.030616.15431@uvm.edu> Sender: news@uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 03:06:16 GMT Lines: 18