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Re: X.509 / PKI, PGP, and IBE Secure Email Technologies

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Fri Dec 9 15:17:09 2005

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From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:04:59 -0800
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    --
From:           	Anne & Lynn Wheeler
<lynn@garlic.com>
> PKI is trying to offer some added value in first time
> communication between two strangers

However, the main point of attack is phishing, when an
outsider attempts to interpose himself, the man in the
middle, into an existing relationship between two people
that know and trust each other. 

    --digsig
         James A. Donald
     6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG
     FYVMooN6NmFglw4lbAf5aNMCV9JMCU/ozMfXJMgI
     4WWQ2pQAOpm3Ttro+Ga5AcJIyW4/gefQzmeVWEsPN


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