What I'd really like to see is a free, community-run Certificate Authority. I haven't been able to find any such thing in the few searches I've done, but it just seems odd that none would exist yet. A CA is a central authority for validating public keys and verifiying a big component of Public-Key-Infrastructure--you are who you say you are. Does anyone know of such a free service, or is anyone interested in getting one started?
-Tim John Hebert wrote: >I'm a gun advocate myself, but I've been thinking for >a while now that encryption is becoming just as >important for the average citizen as owning a gun. The >fabled "armed takeover" of the country via government >force will never happen IMHO, but we are perfectly >willing to hand over our rights to privacy and >anonymity in exchange for security. > >http://www.gnupg.org > >How about we do that key exchange thing that Dustin >suggested awhile back? > >John Hebert > >--- Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Not to be a radical, but the populace should always >>be better armed >>than the goverment, it keeps them from being too >>stupid. My tag line >>has been the same for months, check it out (way at >>the bottom of the >>page), and check the archives. I have never gotten >>a negative >>comment on it. >> >>Doug >>--- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >> >> >>>>>you should never be able to buy a gun in the >>>>> >>>>> >>time it >> >> >>>>>takes for your o/s >>>>>to install... >>>>>--mat >>>>> >>>>> >>>Please tell me we don't have any extreme liberal >>> >>> >>anti gun wackos on >> >> >>>this >>>mailing list? As a matter of fact, I just >>> >>> >>purchased a Sig Mauser >> >> >>>.45 >>>caliber pistol today. >>> >>>http://www.sigarms.com/products/mauser.asp >>> >>>I hold the second amendment more dear than >>> >>> >>anything else in this >> >> >>>country. >>> >>>Shannon Roddy >>> >>> >>> >__________________________________________________________________ > > >>>Systems Administrator California Institute of >>> >>> >>Technology >> >> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston >>> >>> >>Observatory >> >> >>>ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane >>>fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA >>> >>> >>70754 >> >> >>>Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy >>>Calendar/Schedule See Home Page >>>Wireless Email (255 Chars) >>> >>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>General mailing list >>>[email protected] >>> >>> >>> >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >>===== >>Warmest Regards, >>Doug Riddle >>http://www.dougriddle.com >> >>## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in >>importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - >>George Washington ## >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! >>http://sbc.yahoo.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >> >> >> >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! >http://sbc.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
