From: Patrick Feisthammel <pafei@rubin.ch>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:25:18 +0800
To: Alex Alten <Alten@home.com>
Subject: Re: mysterious PGP release-signing keys
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Hi Alex!

> 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.

Cheers,
Patrick

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