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Re: [PLUG] confirming my identity
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Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:38:05PM -0400, Darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:
> > My public key, as you may have noticed, does not have any information on it
> > that can be confirmed by photo ID:
> >
> > pub 1024D/0E9FF879 2000-09-05 Darxus <Darxus@ChaosReigns.com>
> > Key fingerprint = DE37 8846 3B06 B97C F661 D68F 7FB5 B0BE 0E9F F879
> > sub 1024g/2EEAB976 2000-09-05
> >
> >
> > It's been signed by a number of plug regulars who know, personally,
> > who I am. If you don't, you may want to consider alternate methods of
> > verifying my identity, so you can sign my key.
> >
> > Like emailing me a password/phrase, so that only I (the person with the
> > email address darxus@chaosreigns.com) would know it, and so you could
> > know who me is.
>
> But then how do I know that you didn't cleverly intercept the mail
> from the real darxus?
>
> ;-)
>
> --
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
Because you encrypted the message using his public key, and you brought
with you the fingerprint of the key you encrypted with. So, the person
you meet at the meeting has the same keys as the person who has the
e-mail address.
--
-[Dave Turner Stalk me: (215)-545-2859]
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