Key-Address correspondence in networks?

[Bram Cohen]

On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Ray Dillinger wrote:

> Bluntly, after reviewing PKI and x.509 certs, I don't think that 
> there is a sufficient reason to trust that the machine I'm talking 
> to is actually the machine its cert claims it to be.

Like I said, the important thing is that it stops passive attacks - in
practice man in the middle attacks just don't seem to happen.

-Bram Cohen