Re: Secure netnews

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From: Stanley T.H. Chow
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:30

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In article <1992Aug27.131849.13130@sniap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de () writes:
>wrong.  islands of trust already exist, it's a matter of 
>building bridges between them.  
>
>my site knows me well.  Your site knows you.

Wrong. You know your site well. Your site has no knowledge of anything.
The administrator of your site probably does not know you well. There
are certainly many people who does not trust their site because they
know their site (and/or administrator) well.

>Therefore your site can certify (sign) your public key.  Mine can
>certify mine.  All that is required now is for our sites to cross 
>certify each other's keys.  

Even if you trust your site, and I believe that you trust your site
and you believe that I trust my site; you have merely moved the
problem to estrablishing trust between my site and your site.
In what way is this problem easier than establishing trust between
you and I?
--
Stanley Chow            InterNet: schow@BNR.CA
Bell Northern Research  UUCP:     ..!uunet!bnrgate!bqneh3!schow
(613) 763-2831
Me? Represent other people? Don't make them laugh so hard.

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From: schow@bqneh3.bnr.ca (Stanley T.H. Chow)
Subject: Re: Secure netnews
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:30:18 GMT
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