Re: [PLUG] key-signing Thursday?

[Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 10:35, Doug Crompton wrote:
> May I ask a perhaps dumb question? Why do you use signed email on this
> list why would I have a need to validate it? I assume it is just playing
> here. I can understand why you would in a secure environment. My email
> does not fit in that category.

Because many people feel that ALL email fits into that category, and
therefore all email should be signed. Especially since email forgery is
so easy to do it (spammers do it millions of times a day), it's seen as
a necessary mechanism, to prove that person claiming to be me .. *is*
me, and therefore you can confidently assume that the email actually did
come from Mike Leone, the PLUG member, instead of Mike Leone, my cousin
from New Jersey (or whoever).

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PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF
PGP public key:
<http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg>

Conform or be cast out.

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