John W Noerenberg II wrote:
At 5:58 PM -0800 2/24/06, Ed Gerck wrote:
A phone number is not an "envelope" -- it's routing information, just
like
an email address. Publishing the email address is not in question and
there are alternative ways to find it out, such as search engines.
Oh really? Then you should be able to send a note to my gmail address.
I did quite not get the irony/humor. All I'm saying about an email
address is that (1) it does not work as an envelope (hiding contents); and
(2) there's no big problem in using it. You publish your email address
every time you send an email from it, which may also make it searchable.
At 1:11 PM -0800 2/25/06, Ed Gerck wrote:
Arguments that people give each other their cell phone numbers, for
example,
and even though there isn't a cell phone directory people use cell phones
well, also forget the user's point of view when comparing a phone
number with
a public-key.
And that distinction is?
To me a cell-phone number is a string of characters, and a public-key is
- a string of characters.
The distinction should be obvious if you try to tell someone your public-key
over the phone, byte by byte for 1024 bits, versus telling her your
8-digit cell phone number.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
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