Re: [Debconf-discuss] Re: Please revoke your signatures from Martin Kraff's keys

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:

> On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 08:57:55PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>
>> >         If I were to crack a key signing party, using Bubba's travel
>> >  documents, I too would swear up and down the street that he indeed
>> >  correctly and diligently verified all kinds of _other_ government
>> >  ID's when practising his art.
>
>> How is it "cracking" to use Bubba's documents?  People who do not know
>> and trust Bubba should not accept the ID, period.
>
> Heh, I think you missed the subtext of Manoj's hypothetical, which is that
> Bubba sells fake IDs to underage students.

So, if the ID says on it, "Bubba's Fake ID Shop", I'm not sure I see
the problem.  In other words, Bubba sells forgeries, but the
Transnational Republic does not.

Thomas