[7754] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: reflecting on PGP, keyservers, and the Web of Trust
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Tue Sep 5 19:48:47 2000
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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:38:58 -0700
To: Dan Geer <geer@world.std.com>, David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
From: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
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At 05:33 PM 9/3/00 -0400, Dan Geer wrote:
>
>> How do they exchange public keys? Via email I'll bet.
>
>Note that it is trivial(*) to construct a self-decrypting
>archive and mail it in the form of an attachment. The
>recipient will merely have to know the passphrase. If
If you have a secure channel to exchange a passphrase in,
you have no need for PK.
