[46034] in Cypherpunks
Re: Proxy/Representation?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Lull)
Thu Dec 28 13:07:29 1995
From: lull@acm.org (John Lull)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 17:07:43 GMT
In-Reply-To: <199512281517.JAA13397@cdale1.midwest.net>
David E. Smith wrote:
> The question is: how do the current software packages handle representatives
> and proxies for a given is-a-person? Using PGP as an example, I can't sign
> a message with Helen's key. And a message signed with my key won't hold
> as much weight because "Dave" is not "Helen." And if every message I send
> on behalf of Helen has to be followed up by a message from Helen stating
> "yes, Dave may act on my behalf for this instance" then much of the point
> of the proxy process is lost. (i.e. the reduction of Helen's workload etc.)
I would think a power-of-attorney, signed by Helen, would do the
trick. This would normally be valid for some pre-defined period, for
a pre-defined set of transactions, and would not have to be generated
anew each time.
