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Re: pgp signing in van

Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com> Sat, 07 September 2013 02:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: pgp signing in van
From: Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com>
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To: Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com>
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On Sep 6, 2013, at 9:24 PM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure why
> "I know this person as <X>" provides much more reliability
> than someone asserting their own identity.

Actually it's quite useful.   It allows me to differentiate email coming from someone I know as X from email coming from someone claiming to be that person, but who does not possess their key.

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