Jim, Greg and all,
Jim Dixon is a somewhat out of date. As I have said and has been
discussed on this and many other lists authentication through the
use of Certification technology from sever Certification authorities
is being done every day. FOr instance I use on of mine nearly
every day doing online banking, and stock trading, as well a funds
transfer to europe.
Jim Dixon wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Greg Skinner wrote:
>
> > >> I think what they are trying to do is prevent people from using
> > >> multiple "net identities" to register. It's very easy to establish
> > >> multiple net identities. Secure registration would not help unless it
> > >> required the person to present a unique token that somehow binds
> > >> strongly to the individual and can't be duplicated.
> >
> > > And doing so is easly doable, and is being done every day! So I
> > > find your point here invalid.
> >
> > I'm quite aware that this sort of thing is done every day. However,
> > does it prevent someone who is registered in multiple certification
> > authorities from submitting multiple certificates under different
> > identities?
> >
> > Verisign's, for example, costs $9.95 per year. The Berkman center
> > would have to consider whether requiring someone to use this CA
> > is better than charging a cheaper registration fee.
>
> So long as you are willing to pay the $9.95, you can have as many
> identities as you like from Verisign. Verisign does not certify
> that each identity corresponds to one and only one human being. It
> simply certifies that the identity itself (the digital certificate)
> is unique.
>
> Someday there will doubtless be authorities that issue digital
> certificates that are tied to unique biological signatures -- say
> retina patterns or something derived from the person's DNA. Mind
> you, you will still not be able to confirm that the person
> corresponding to the certificate is the one using it.
>
> In 1999 there is no practical way to prove the identity of a person
> voting in a large-scale election over the Net.
>
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