Re: GPG Key Signing <Pine.LNX.4.30.0106291016180.5417-100000@tennyson.netexpress.net>
>>"Jimmy" == Jimmy Kaplowitz <jimmy@debian.org> writes:
Jimmy> I noticed in your protocol that you say the name on the IDs
Jimmy> must match the name on the key. When I had my key signed, I
Jimmy> showed ID that had the name "James Kaplowitz", which is my
Jimmy> legal name. On my key, I had the name I go by in everyday
Jimmy> life, which is "Jimmy Kaplowitz". This wasn't a problem for
Jimmy> the Debian developer who signed my key. Would you have a
Jimmy> problem with common nicknames such as Jimmy, or would you need
Jimmy> to see documentation that Jimmy and James were the same
Jimmy> person? If you would need the documentation, what sort
Jimmy> of thing would you want to see?
Jimmy/James are acceptable social contractions/tranforms. I'd
not have any issues with that either. But if you try to say that
James Kaplowitz owns an ID William.H.Gates@microsoft.com, well, I
would have a slight problem with that.
manoj
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