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1992-11-30 - Secure Key exchange

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From: “Mark W. Eichin” <eichin@cygnus.com>
To: phr@napa.Telebit.COM
Message Hash: 04625b133f92826c11dc92170e94177288ece14f81479e5348e1bc125f27afca
Message ID: <9211302009.AA29816@tweedledumber.cygnus.com>
Reply To: <9211301954.AA13674@napa.TELEBIT.COM>
UTC Datetime: 1992-11-30 20:09:44 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 30 Nov 92 12:09:44 PST

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From: "Mark W. Eichin" <eichin@cygnus.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 92 12:09:44 PST
To: phr@napa.Telebit.COM
Subject: Secure Key exchange
In-Reply-To: <9211301954.AA13674@napa.TELEBIT.COM>
Message-ID: <9211302009.AA29816@tweedledumber.cygnus.com>
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<phr@napa.Telebit.COM> allegedly asks:
>> If you meet someone claiming to be John Gilmore,
>> how will you know he's not an impostor?
	1) I've met him before. (I wouldn't, for example, sign Tim
Jennings' key after meeting him for the first time at a cypherpunks
meeting, since I'd have no other way of identifying him. You, on the
other hand, may be someone I've met before (do you think so?) so I
might...) I've interacted with him to a reasonable extend, both
socially and technically (including one interview with John Markoff.)
	2) He signs my paychecks -- which is "good enough", since the
checks clear :-) 
				_Mark_ <eichin@athena.mit.edu>
				MIT Student Information Processing Board
				Cygnus Support <eichin@cygnus.com>

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