Patrick and all,
Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>
> > Both Jeff Williams and David Jenson declined to submit their keys, despite
> > being directly asked to do so.
> >
> > I guess this is proof enough that PGP keys are not a terribly useful means
> > of identification in the DNSO GA context.
>
> I don't know, the refusal of obvious frauds to provide keys should offer
> some indication as to their usefulness.
It could, and it could not depending on how the obvious is or has been
determined I suppose. But of course you would be an expert in
fraudulent behavior, given your past reputation...
>
>
> Further, because they are not widely adopted, doesn't make them any less
> useful. Perhaps were the GA membership to adopt them as a requirement for
> membership they would prove far more useful in creating the "web of
> trust" necessary to proceed.
I couldn't agree with you more here, and is one of the suggestions that
I and a few others suggested to Harald. I also believe that Roeland
Mayer also submitted a proposal along these lines at least, which I
supported.
> I don't think this would be a particularly
> onerous requirement given the free availablity of PGP software.
> Personally, I would be quite happy to use PGP keys, however in all my
> years on the net, I have never had the need to, so I haven't bothered to
> use them. I imagine there are a lot of folks out there that haven't
> either.
Well I have, but only on special business communications, Corp to
Corp.
>
>
> Thoughts?
Regards,
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