Under the conditions Deadbeat described (long tradition of posting from anon-server with pgp signatures/keys, keys on the key server, etc., I might be willing to sign such a key. I wouldn't use my regular key to do it - I'd create one or more nym-signing keys, so people could tell that I know I'm signing a nym's key and it's less reliable than signing a physically-known person's key. To do it right, though, I'd have to have been saving keys for a while from that nym, since it's really hard to tell if a set of postings have really been from the same source, or if it's just a recent impersonation. I'd certainly need to send mail to the nym through the anon-server. I'd be a lot more comfortable, though, with a signature from the anon-server runners, since they at least know the real-side email address, and since they could also do something like automatic collection of signatures. It's still tappable, though, unless the anon-server only accepts encrypted mail on the non-anonymous side. Bill