From: J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 93 22:25:18 PST
To: MIKEINGLE@delphi.com (Mike Ingle)
Subject: Re: True Name keys
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According to Mike Ingle:
> 
> JMDiehl: your service would be more widely trusted, and potentially
> profitable, if you bought a copy of ViaCrypt PGP for legality and
> charged a small fee for your services. If there is money and your
> reputation at stake, people will assume you are going to be more
> careful in checking keys, and they will trust your service more.
> You don't want any kind of automation; you want to verify each one
> before signing it.

I wouldn't want to charge for these services since that would introduce a 
conflict of interest, profit.  I want to be trusted based on my stated policy.
The suggestion of purchasing a ViaCrypt copy of pgp is valid.  

As for automation, it would not be all that "automatic."  It would simply 
comprise tools to issue "Certificates" so that people can show other people to
indicate that my signature on their key is trustworthy.

Comments are welcome.


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