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List:       pgp-keyserver-folk
Subject:    certificates, meat, etc.
From:       Anonymous <nobody () replay ! com>
Date:       1998-12-25 3:24:34
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At 09:00 AM 12/24/98 +0100, Patrick Feisthammel wrote:
>> This is yet another a good example of why one should never confuse using
PK 
>> certificates with security.  An email PGP signature looks impressive but in
>> practice it is useless.
>
>It is usefull iff you can verify the validity of the used PK certificate.
>That's what the web of trust in PGP is for.

Exactly.  Certificates validate an identity, but don't link that
identity to MEAT.  It is up to you to perform that association.

There are additional problems with using spoofable servers..

  

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