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Subject : LUG: Keys, signatures, etc.

From : M Rulison <eltzruhe@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:25:03 -0400

Thanks to all for an interesting meeting last night @ Cox Hall.

Let me see if I understand signing. Please comment on the following as needed:

"Signatures" (certificates)  used to establish the bona fides of a message sender may be established in two ways:

  1. A signature "party" in which one or more persons ('signors')  verify that the 'signee' is indeed identifiable (photo id's, etc.) that he/she is who he/she says he/she is. Signors then add their own keys to that of the signee. Cost: some time and computer logons.
  2. a 'Signor' indentifies him-herself satisfactorily  to Verisign or other vouching organization, either as an individual or a business, etc. Said organization then issues a certificate (key). Cost: some time and an annual fee, e.g. $40.
Best,

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M Rulison
Raleigh NC

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