e$pam wrote:

From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: Failure of centralized certificates - was "Experts slam PGP encryption"

In article <5g8i92$4rs@news.ox.ac.uk>, patrick@gryphon.psych.ox.ac.uk (Patrick Juola) writes:

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As a corporation with diverse ownership, it should be much more complex for VeriSign to subvert their own system for a cause than it would be in the case of an individual such as Phil Zimmermann or David Sternlight.

The only ones we care about are those with "keys to the kingdom". In the case of those who are so empowered, one needs positive incentive for them to corrupt the database. Could some political cause provide that incentive -- yes.

Damn good thing that there are no political issues surrounding crypto. TruthMonger