1993-01-21 - possible solution to the anonymous h

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From: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-01-21 16:52:29 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:52:29 PST

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From: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:52:29 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: possible solution to the anonymous h
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>I thought about this.  The major problem is that once the PEM
>beta-testing period ends, all keys must be registered with "approved"
>(by RSA) central authorities.  I highly doubt they'd issue
>pseudonymous keys, but maybe they would allow someone to set up a
>heirarchy especially for that purpose.  I'm not convinced.

I found out last Friday at the RSA conference that RSADSI itself is
going to issue "persona" (i.e. no attempt to find out who it really
is) certificates for free.

That's right.  No charge.

Eric

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• 1993-01-15 (Thu, 14 Jan 93 23:08:10 PST) - Re: possible solution to the anonymous h - Hal <74076.1041@CompuServe.COM>
  • 1993-01-15 (Thu, 14 Jan 93 23:40:28 PST) - Re: possible solution to the anonymous h - Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
    • 1993-01-15 (Fri, 15 Jan 93 09:27:02 PST) - Re: possible solution to the anonymous… - uri@watson.ibm.com
    • 1993-01-21 (Thu, 21 Jan 93 08:52:29 PST) - possible solution to the anonymous h - Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
  • 1993-01-16 (Sat, 16 Jan 93 14:55:14 PST) - Re: possible solution to the anonymous h - Chris Hibbert <hibbert@xanadu.com>