-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/12 07:45, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 05:32:25PM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> So, the OP signs his mail to a list. I would guess that no web of >> trust exists between him and 99.9% of the list members. >> >> What is the benefit of such a signature? > > I don't know Phil Dobbin, I haven't ever met him and I probably > never will. Phil Dobbin exists to me only as a participant on this > mailing list. He signs his mail. Over time, my mental model of Phil > Dobbin will be composed entirely and exclusively based on his > conduct on this mailing list. If I ever did meet him, I might be > able to prove that the owner of key A093C263 is legally called Phil > Dobbin in some juristiction or other. What exactly have I gained? > This knowledge means nothing to me. I know many people who are not > called by their legal name anyway. The fact that A093C263 calls > himself "Phil Dobbin" is something I don't need to verify. > > In this particular case, the web of trust is not as relevant, since > I don't need it to prove that one mail signed by A093C263 was > written by the same person as another mail signed by A093C263. > > [ having said that, it would be nice if things like > http://pgp.cs.uu.nl/mk_path.cgi?FROM=06AAAAAA&TO=A093C263&PATHS=trust+paths > > worked. Phil, why not push your key and sigs to pgp.mit.edu? ] Done. & the Dutch pgp authority now hold a copy also. Now, can we all get back to work please? Four days is a long time to discuss a subject that's been around to my knowledge for fifteen years :-) Cheers, Phil... - -- currently (ab)using Debian Squeeze, Fedora Verne, OS X Snow Leopard, Ubuntu Oneiric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPrNDNAAoJECPmYW6gk8JjOxsH/0NsJ5Tgs0moske2gEFSijGv /oZyQ161dRqhNTF20Qsd8mtr05NriXira6avBREtlA1g0Nr1JU88DqgFveRaylYX f0nG6mkFZazSIqWCkKnEj+olqJLoHD54x/zMPbkZHtz+4dbNx9DQljbTV7xLNpCN F+9lF7rX/cjq89fzeTiNbBmblmPRO2PRr8EEHComY2btKy+mggVyTCkk5rXTkjlb hZIJ7A2n/4NerP0C5Lx96Ab6OP9f/mky5Fefkb9JlaG08V0y3bTZweZFEXPwfO8j xJUCT853g+qPTSWchZtZErb34fLRWT25xF/qpPP5mQAukbk3ybF86ZQ5Wt9TciI= =uqL4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
