-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Look at the signators and judge for your self. When I look at the people I trust through one level of introducer, I find I have a very high degree of confidence in their identities. Two introducers out, it still looks fairly good. I have not looked farther than that. It is the limit of my trust. In many ways it is easier to establish the authenticity of a pseudonym than a verinym. The only question with a pseudonym is whether the nym who posts is the same nym who posted last time, and the time before that. If, over the course of a year or two, there are no attempts to spoof the pseudonym, then the key will have become well connected with the nym. That is all that matters. Even if a "Sameer" has posted for years, I still have to worry if the person's real name is Sameer (given the current understanding of the meaning of a signature on a key). I once refused to sign a key because I thought the driver's license was forged, but I would be likely to accept a better forgery at authentic. I am at least as confident of the identity of Uni as I am of many of the other keys I have signed. The only ones I have more confidence in are those of long time close friends, and family. -Lance Cottrell At 10:21 PM 4/28/96, sameer@c2.org wrote:

...

(Sigh). I'll say it yet a third time. Get a current copy of my key which is signed by at least three people on the web of trust.

As if this "web of trust" was actually worth something.

-- Sameer Parekh Voice: 510-601-9777x3 Community ConneXion, Inc. FAX: 510-601-9734 The Internet Privacy Provider Dialin: 510-658-6376 http://www.c2.net/ (or login as "guest") sameer@c2.net

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