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Re: Secure netnews

#770
From: Ken Pizzini
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:36
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frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de writes:
> You could show me your passport (for example), then I'd know who you 
> are.  Enough to associate you with the key you give me. Enough
> to know you weren't skippy...

But the Passport Issuing Authority would have to be a trusted
third party, which, in my understanding of the problem statement,
was to be avoided.

		--Ken Pizzini
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Message-ID: <1992Aug29.003635.4013@eskimo.celestial.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!nwnexus!seanews!eskimo!ken
References: <1992Aug27.132835.13294@sniap.mchp.sni.de>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!nwnexus!seanews!eskimo!ken
From: ken@eskimo.celestial.com (Ken Pizzini)
Subject: Re: Secure netnews
Message-ID: <1992Aug29.003635.4013@eskimo.celestial.com>
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
References: <1992Aug27.132835.13294@sniap.mchp.sni.de>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 00:36:35 GMT
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