[6890] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Update on mail bombing threats--not so funny
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Busarow)
Sat Jan 11 01:41:27 1997
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 22:28:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199701110537.VAA03029@quest.pluris.com>
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On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Vadim Antonov wrote:
> >The Usenix key signing is a good model for techie types, but
> >we are the minority. How would the great unwashed have their
> >keys signed?
>
> This looks like a business opportunity. I think it may make
> sense for somebody to establish a nation wide network of
> Public Notaries who'd be certifying that the physical person
CA's will likely be the notary public of the future. But what does
that do to help us fight spam and *forged* spam today?
I'm not trying to discourage the use of PGP, just point out that
it is unlikely to solve the problem at hand.
Long term, yes, today, no.
Dan
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