About PGP Signing a File.

John L Fjellstad john-ubuntu at fjellstad.org
Tue Feb 13 16:11:36 UTC 2007


"Jeffrey F. Bloss" <jbloss at tampabay.rr.com> writes:

> This is a prime example of how security is often more about how a
> system can be exploited than it is about how robust the tools are.
> Passports are trivial to forge, and PRZ would have had no prior
> knowledge of most or any of these peoples' identities. Those things
> alone make this sort of "puppy mill" key signing less than useless. An
> actual, real life breach of protocol that should have never happened,
> let alone be trusted. :(

Security or convenience, choose one :-)  Or should that be :-(

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John L. Fjellstad
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