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1995-10-06 - Re: subjective names and MITM

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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 156ee5a2565d6455c2981c2df9f7035b87f305b6077f69636983df942a5dbc4a
Message ID: <9510061543.AA26079@alpha>
Reply To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951005111048.24409B-100000@eskimo.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-10-06 15:43:58 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 08:43:58 PDT

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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 08:43:58 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: subjective names and MITM
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hfinney@shell.portal.com writes:
 > m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally) writes:
 > >hfinney@shell.portal.com writes:
 > > > There is a difference between a MITM and the case you describe ...
 > 
 > >Seems to me that the idea of "communicating with the person you think
 > >you are" is intractably difficult if you're not sitting in the same
 > >room. ...
 >
 > I can certainly agree with the attractive simplicity of this notion.  My
 > point is that it is practically useless. ...

Oddly enough, it seems to me that Hal (if that really *is* his name)
and I (and Carl & others) are saying basically the same things, but
drawing completely different conclusions.  Strange.  I'm willing to
wait to see what the peer review process concludes.

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