Re: PGP and verifying ids / emails (fwd)

1999-07-28 Thread Jor-el
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Adam, Your statements seem to be based on the assumption that Debian communication is the sum total of my email. Not true. I indeed use procmail, and have done so for quite sometime now, and I even venture to suggest that I might be able to teach you a t

Re: PGP and verifying ids / emails (fwd)

1999-07-28 Thread Adam Rogoyski
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Jor-el wrote: > 3. As I pointed out in my email, if the developer in question > wasnt sure that the email id of Jor-el belonged to me, then he wouldnt be > able to sign the following id too : "Bob Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. This is > so ridiculous, becuase it is perfec

Re: PGP and verifying ids / emails (fwd)

1999-07-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 04:14:12PM -0500, Jor-el wrote: > > You want someone to correspond with you regarding some serious things > > without you letting him know your real name? > > 1. The developer in question _does_ know my real name. > > 2. If you are talking about someone who ha

Re: PGP and verifying ids / emails (fwd)

1999-07-27 Thread Jor-el
Josip, 1. The developer in question _does_ know my real name. 2. If you are talking about someone who hasnt met me in real life, even assuming that I use my "Bob Smith" id, how in heavens name will they know that it is my real name? They have to trust the fact that there was a t

Re: PGP and verifying ids / emails (fwd)

1999-07-27 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 01:00:04PM -0500, Jor-el wrote: > 1. Should he have signed my PGP key if the id I sent him was "Bob Smith" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . The "Bob Smith" tag is totally arbitrary and has less > permanance than the actual email id attached to it. If he could sign it > with the "Bob

PGP and verifying ids / emails (fwd)

1999-07-27 Thread Jor-el
Aarrgh! Wrong To: address! Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee. -- Tennyson -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 12:51:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Jor-el <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTE