| \[Anon\] Anon User 2005-10-24, 9:33 am |
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In <1129249497.4016@news.queue.to> hgoldste@mpcs.com (Howard Goldstein) wrote:
>On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:17:45 +0000 (UTC), Zax <fleegle@bananasplit.info> wrote:
> :
> : ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.privacy.anon-server.]
> : On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:52:39 GMT, Howard Goldstein wrote in
> : Message-Id: <1129247559.3855@news.queue.to>:
> :
> : > Let's cut to the chase. Hand crafted by precisely which human? And
> : > that was Pangborn's point insofar as I can tell, and he's still right:
> : > PGP/GPG validation supplies no assurance of identity between an
> : > individual and "his" purported message.
> :
> : Is my fingerprint proof of identity, or might I have stolen a finger?
>
>Your _key's fingerprint_? No, I assume nothing about fingerprints,
>too many collision opportunities (insert obivousness graphic if you
>have one)
>
>
>Please keep in mind that I assume, at best, an extremely weak (if not
>non-existent for untrustworthy key signers) inference of individual
>identity<>sender. Necessarily, I assign far less significance to any
>purported association between a stupid key fingerprint and an
>individual. It's easy enough to share a real secret key.
>
>(but you know these bits already as you're one of the few folks with a
>clue still here)(yes, I'd suck up a little bit but seriously, there are
>few->none left who understand this (relatively unsophisticated) shit)
Hrm...
"Howard Goldstein" == "Eelbash" == "meqsuser" == "p*ngbr*n" == "Bluejay" == "Frog Admin"
killfilter set, problem sovled.
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