CDR: Schneier: Why Digital Signatures are not Signatures (was Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, November 15, 2000)

[Jim Choate]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, R. A. Hettinga forwarded from a 3rd party:

> > When the same judge sees a digital signature, he doesn't know anything
> > about Alice's intentions.  He doesn't know if Alice agreed to the document,
> > or even if she ever saw it.

It's nice to see somebody else recognize the fundamental flaw with PKC is
the god-damned key management.

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