🚀 go-pugleaf

cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) writes:
: In article <1992Aug27.132835.13294@sniap.mchp.sni.de> 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.
: 
: You don't know me so you have no way of knowing if I'm the one who handed
: you the key and showed you the passport with my name on it.

Come on, the passport identifies you.  That's what it's for.
Argue about possible attacks on a passport if you like,
but this is absurd.  The point is that real world id
methods exist, and can be used to authenticate a key, 
in the sense of associating it with a real world individual.

: On the other hand, if we had a true broadcast mechanism -- eg., amateur
: radio? -- something which can't be spliced into so that the imposter could
: trap all your traffic or mine -- then we don't need to meet.  All I have to
: do is broadcast my key and monitor my own broadcast.

This is a nice idea.

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