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1993-11-15 - Re: Key Servers

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From: cman@IO.COM (Douglas Barnes)
To: ld231782@longs.lance.colostate.edu (L. Detweiler)
Message Hash: 6669a7fa3f55a091f9096dab8b89a9a5cf7b8b02e727dacea1a0ef76559a477d
Message ID: <9311150500.AA10063@illuminati.IO.COM>
Reply To: <9311150432.AA21999@longs.lance.colostate.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1993-11-15 05:03:58 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 14 Nov 93 21:03:58 PST

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From: cman@IO.COM (Douglas Barnes)
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 93 21:03:58 PST
To: ld231782@longs.lance.colostate.edu (L. Detweiler)
Subject: Re: Key Servers
In-Reply-To: <9311150432.AA21999@longs.lance.colostate.edu>
Message-ID: <9311150500.AA10063@illuminati.IO.COM>
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> false. There could be a network of `true identity' key servers just as
> easily as there is a network of PSEUDOSPOOFED LIES.
> 

Why don't you just do the following, which would serve everyone's 
interests, and would be well within the spirit of the movement:

1) Encourage the existing plan to have *all* PGP keys served.

2) Provide a service (possibly for a small fee) wherein people could 
   send you copies of their PGP key along with a notarized statement.

3) Sign those keys with your key, or a key you generate for this
   purpose. 

4) (optionally) provide a service mapping from keys -> Real Names,
   for the ultra-paranoid.

People who share your concerns about pseudospoofing would make you
their most trusted (or only trusted) signer of keys. Presto. Those
who care, can believe only those keys signed by you are real. Those
who don't give a damn, believe what they want.

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