From: James Black <black@eng.usf.edu>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 17:23:36 +0800
To: Bruce Baugh <bruceab@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: Revoking Old Lost Keys
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Hello,

On Fri, 5 Jan 1996, Bruce Baugh wrote:

> The problem is this: how can one spread the word that an old key is no
> longer to be used when one no longer has the pass phrase, and cannot
> therefore create a revocation certificate?

  If there is someone that you trust (or several people), just make a 
revocation certificate and possibly cut it into pieces, and just let 
those know when to send it out, so that you don't have to rely on a 
faulty memory, and by having it in several hands they can't just send it 
out, as they don't know the other people.  Just a thought.

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James Black (Comp Sci/Comp Eng sophomore)
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