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Re: PGP Key Signing HOWTO: preparation for Linux Expo



On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:

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 : But I didn't see him looking at your ID, so I can't say that I'm sure his
 : sig on your key means anything to me other than that he trusts your key. 
 : I have to make the determination of whether or not _I_ trust it myself. 

prz mentions this very issue, and is genuinely perplexed that many pgp
users simply assign trust to any key signed by him, whether they know
him or not!

In reality, prz can probably be trusted, but you never know.

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Nathan Norman
MidcoNet  410 South Phillips Avenue  Sioux Falls, SD
mailto:finn@midco.net           http://www.midco.net
finger finn@home.midco.net for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)



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