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Article #290Decartes? (Was: Public Key certification at NCSC)
From: Damon
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 19:17
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1992 19:17
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In article <1992Oct3.205626.21695@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> pfarrell@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Pat Farrell) writes: >This would at least be slightly more secure than trusting a >posted public key. Of course, whether you believe that it >really is me is a different story. I'm presenting a paper that >I wrote with a co-author that I've never met. So I can't know >that even he is who he claims - or that I am who I claim :-) I think I know my private key, therefore I think I am me? Damon -- Damon Hart-Davis | Tel/Fax: +44 81 755 0077 |1.30|| Cheap Sun eqpt available. Internet:dhd@exnet.co.uk, Damon@ed.ac.uk, d@hd.org|| Mail/news feeds available. --------------------------+ Will exchange uucped local articles free over V22b. Public access UNIX (Suns), news and mail for #5 per month. FIRST MONTH FREE.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!uknet!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!exnet!dhd From: dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Decartes? (Was: Public Key certification at NCSC) Keywords: PGP, CA, NCSC, Public Key, verification Message-ID: <Bx1xL2.9FL@exnet.co.uk> Date: 1 Nov 92 19:17:25 GMT References: <1992Oct3.205626.21695@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> Organization: ExNet Systems Ltd Public Access News, London, UK Lines: 15