Hi,
>>"Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 Jason> PGP signatures have a signature ID and a date that are ment to be used 
to
 Jason> prevent against replay attacks. I forget the exact details but there is 
a
 Jason> gpg mode that prints it out. The db.debian.org gateways all make use of
 Jason> it. 

        Indeed, as does the voting machinery. I was going to post
 example code here, but the example got too huge (email me if you want
 a copy).  Replay attacks can be thwarted by a simple check on the
 server. 

        manoj
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