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1994-10-05 - Re: Nom de guerre public key

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From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 1233f3935db5caf47c2d55b3ad7690ffc031dabc225a75ca3fe3c207706efa15
Message ID: <m0qsXxA-0008cKC@crynwr.crynwr.com>
Reply To: <FRANL.94Oct5093142@draco.centerline.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-10-05 15:00:13 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 5 Oct 94 08:00:13 PDT

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From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 94 08:00:13 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Nom de guerre public key
In-Reply-To: <FRANL.94Oct5093142@draco.centerline.com>
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   Date: 05 Oct 1994 13:31:42 GMT
   Organization: CenterLine Software R&D
   From: franl@centerline.com (Fran Litterio)

   That's part of it, but the more important binding created by a
   signature is the binding between the userid and the real person.
   Without that binding, the binding between the key and the userid is
   useless.

Nonsense.  You're assuming that the real person wishes to carry their
reputation over onto their key/userid combination.  Perhaps they wish
to establish a separate reputation for it?  And once they've
established that reputation, they wish to change keys?  Might you not
sign such a new key?

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