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1995-02-10 - Re: why pgp sucks

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From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply To: <9502101958.AA15039@snark.imsi.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-02-10 20:32:05 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 10 Feb 95 12:32:05 PST

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From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 95 12:32:05 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: why pgp sucks
In-Reply-To: <9502101958.AA15039@snark.imsi.com>
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"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com> writes:
>I'll also note, yet again, that unless PGP quits this bad practice of
>identifying counterparties only by a number, it is NOT going to be
>universally deployed. Counterparties need to be identified by a name
>that can be looked up in the DNS -- meaning "joe@foo.com" rather than
>some key ident number.

PGP of course looks up keys by strings in addition to numbers.  A widely
accepted practice is to use <joe@foo.com> in the user ID which allows the
lookups to be by internet address.  PGP was intended for use beyond the
internet, such as in bbs's, fidonet, corporate networks, etc., where DNS
style addresses may not be useful.

Hal

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