1998-12-24 - Re: mysterious PGP release-signing keys

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From: Alex Alten <Alten@home.com>
To: Dave Del Torto <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
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UTC Datetime: 1998-12-24 05:21:33 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:21:33 +0800

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From: Alex Alten <Alten@home.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:21:33 +0800
To: Dave Del Torto <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk
Subject: Re: mysterious PGP release-signing keys
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>Please excuse the crosspost, but does anyone know *who* generated and/or
>owns these keys?
>

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.

- Alex

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• 1998-12-22 (Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:52:17 +0800) - mysterious PGP release-signing keys - Dave Del Torto <ddt@ciphr.org>
  • 1998-12-24 (Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:21:33 +0800) - Re: mysterious PGP release-signing keys - Alex Alten <Alten@home.com>
    • 1998-12-24 (Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:25:18 +0800) - Re: mysterious PGP release-signing keys - Patrick Feisthammel <pafei@rubin.ch>
    • 1998-12-25 (Fri, 25 Dec 1998 14:57:40 +0800) - Re: mysterious PGP release-signing keys - Alex Alten <Alten@home.com>