Re: Update on mail bombing threats--not so funny
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The Usenix key signing is a good model for techie types, but we are the minority. How would the great unwashed have their keys signed?
This looks like a business opportunity. I think it may make sense for somebody to establish a nation wide network of Public Notaries who'd be certifying that the physical person has this-and-that document (drivers license, etc) and has that key. A central office would maintain a registry of personal keys. We all could use the registry to verify the signatures. Such certification could cost something like $10 per key. I'd certainly be willing to pay that much to have a certified key. Given the potential customer base of 20-50 million, that would make a nice business case. - --vadim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBMtcm6kDODjim2XUVAQEAzAP/VwfOex0ZonDepPv0xHVpB4A5ZG06DfZ7 O1BZqFzEGwvkjcsubuaE8FoOIZX6Mp26lCWM5G7VJkDCPVILjn9/ZzyB2gU+qZD1 HOGmkAf92V/EG8VfuIQSVIP9DuEwtd3FGJ4NkQyNIyi+ZrheYXTnE/mpNX+TqVDl aU7yPfmDbHE= =nVVX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ..
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Vadim Antonov wrote:
The Usenix key signing is a good model for techie types, but we are the minority. How would the great unwashed have their keys signed?
This looks like a business opportunity. I think it may make sense for somebody to establish a nation wide network of Public Notaries who'd be certifying that the physical person
CA's will likely be the notary public of the future. But what does that do to help us fight spam and *forged* spam today? I'm not trying to discourage the use of PGP, just point out that it is unlikely to solve the problem at hand. Long term, yes, today, no. Dan - -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMtczFbWobIiO1AA9AQGBNgP9HnPXEpdRp57WMXo5Kf7WQs2BvMZWkD6f +ZsMRy3UWVTbBHeKOLCcIXmtlqQB8V5yoE8PYoVzUXFELXefsRmSrhd8iJGjxuIo kpzDVtuFp4ZPlw6K92ZmoVvCLUeCHmSA4V8brfz33Z4Wmk8xes4oB2NMDdYzS/sv 5wTiaiRr8hQ= =SNY8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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