Web O Trust, active attacks against same, etc. AGAIN. (was: Usability of Cryptography (was Re: More FUD from First Virtual) )

[James A. Donald]

At 01:39 PM 12/13/95 -0700, Bryce wrote:
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> An entity calling itself "James A. Donald" <jamesd at echeque.com> 
>allegedly wrote:
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>> Web of trust is a mess because it attempts to link keys to 
>> physical people, which in general cannot be done.
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>Do you wish to substantiate this rather brazen assertion?  
>I am very sure that PGP public key 0xCC56B2E9 belongs to my
>housemate Sebastian Kuzminsky <kuzminsk at colorado.edu>.  Is
>there some reason why I should doubt this belief?

No, but there is some reason you should gain familiarity with 
the english language

If I had intended to say "generally cannot be done"  I would have
said "generally cannot be done" instead of saying "in general cannot 
be done"



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