At 03:30 PM 11/28/95 EST, Carl Ellison wrote:
Of course. This isn't the base case. We would have some keys which I sign based on my own personal knowledge; things handed to me by people I know; some possibly published in the paper where the real key owner would see the claim and be able to contest it.
You are making the same erroneous assumption that Phil made when he designed the Web of trust: You assume that it is important and interesting to link key ID's to physical bodies. This is usually not the case: Linking key ID's to home web pages etc is not only easier -- it is also usually more interesting and important. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com