17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
A PEM key is bound to a particular identity by a certificate. Right now, you can only get these certificates from entities that want some concrete evidence of your True Name
RSA is running a persona certificate server for PEM keys. They don't ask for anything. Their latest brochure diagrams these as "anonymous internet users." I don't know the address, but I do know that six months ago it was running and being tested. It would be interesting to know if such certificates worked in the new Apple system 7. If so, there may soon be a whole flood of Mac-owning pseudonyms using PEM. Eric