Re: OT: More about GPG signing
On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 18:40 +0200, Claudius Hubig wrote:
> Hello Tony,
>
> Tony van der Hoff <tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
> > What is the benefit of such a signature?
>
> Those who know him now can verify the signature. In addition, if at
> any later stage someone else claims to have posted this message, the
> OP can prove that it was indeed him who posted it. Everybody else
> interested in either the OP or the message can also verify the
> signature (though that might require some work to, for example, meet
> the OP personally).
And what is the benefit of this on an open mailing list?
To ensure that somebody called or didn't call somebody else names, gave
right or wrong information? IMO this is infantile. Don't get me wrong!
I'm not against signing, if other people wish to do. It anyway is
senseless.
- Ralf
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