At 2:46 PM 8/22/95, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:

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tcmay> As Bill Stewart correctly claimed is my view, the "key is the tcmay> identity." Or, more accurately, a _persistent personna_ is tcmay> what matters.

These discussions are missing the entire point of the Web of Trust.

Key signatures exist for one reason and one reason only: To thwart man-in-the-middle attacks. Whether your "persistent persona" is a True Name (tm) or a pseudonym is irrelevant.

But this is exactly what a persistent personna is. Not a True Name, but a keyholder who has not been spoofed by some other agent or entity. End to end. --Tim May ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."