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Article #849Re: PGP *2.0* available
From: Terry Ritter
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:13
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:13
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In <716015512.F00005@utopia.hacktic.nl> Nonsenso@utopia.hacktic.nl (Nonsenso) writes: >There could have been a problem with pgp 1.0 when keys could not be >certified. That way it'd be easy for anyone to forge a key on your user-ID >and sit in the middle of communications. PGP 2.0 features this >key-certification and is thus a lot stronger regarding to key-security >than the 1.0 version. Really? So how do we "certify" a key without already having a previously-certified key from the other end? How does the first guy certify his key to others so they can certify their keys to him? --- Terry Ritter ritter@cactus.org
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cactus.org!ritter From: ritter@cactus.org (Terry Ritter) Subject: Re: PGP *2.0* available Message-ID: <1992Sep10.211351.16254@cactus.org> Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx References: <716015512.F00005@utopia.hacktic.nl> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:13:51 GMT Lines: 20