in article v03130303b4ce69373560@[207.111.242.22], Tim May at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote on 14/2/00 6:38 pm:
>
> Yet another wrongheaded interpretation of "trust." Insofar as key signings
> go, political views are not important. Golda Meier could have signed the
> Ayotallah Khomeini's key with complete equinimity. Think about it.
>
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> Somene seeing my name on the list of signatures attached to "Fidel Castro's
> key" simply tells someone: "Tim May had some level of confidence that the
> key belongs to someone that Tim thinks is Fidel Castro."
>
An excellent point. Unfortunately there are heavy PGP users out there who
believe their signatures mean something more. They think a sig means 'I
approve of you' rather than, 'I believe you say who you are'. Thus one
finds people who will cancel a PGP sig they put on another's key when they
are pissed off with that individual.
JDII
"Insert the usual disclaimer here."
Key ID: 0x8EF048F5
4093 Bit DH/DSS
Fingerprint: CC8F 8D2C E1A3 6555 7438 B456 D00E A83C 8EF0 48F5
