hfinney@shell.portal.com writes:
m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally) writes:
hfinney@shell.portal.com writes:
There is a difference between a MITM and the case you describe ...
Seems to me that the idea of "communicating with the person you think you are" is intractably difficult if you're not sitting in the same room. ...
I can certainly agree with the attractive simplicity of this notion. My point is that it is practically useless. ...
Oddly enough, it seems to me that Hal (if that really *is* his name) and I (and Carl & others) are saying basically the same things, but drawing completely different conclusions. Strange. I'm willing to wait to see what the peer review process concludes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Nobody's going to listen to you if you just | Mike McNally (m5@tivoli.com) | | stand there and flap your arms like a fish. | Tivoli Systems, Austin TX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~