You mention that you feel there is a conflict of interest if you were to charge money to sign keys. Actually, by charging money, I think you would greatly enhance the weight that people gave to your certification, and by leading out with a fee/service arrangement, you would be able to avoid the kind of overload that, say, Julf has run into with penet. If you were to get enough business, you could then just farm the whole thing out to a local notary/clerk type who would probably have more experience with identity documents, the work of other notaries, etc. Another thought: offer various levels of certification, based on the level of documentation. E.g., one level for xeroxes of id documents (you may just want to rule this out), another level for notarized copy of driver's licence, another for notarized copy of d.l. and birth certificate, etc. etc. -- ---------------- /\ Douglas Barnes cman@illuminati.io.com / \ Chief Wizard (512) 448-8950 (d), 447-7866 (v) / () \ Illuminati Online metaverse.io.com 7777 /______\