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Re: digital signature



 On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 09:21:58AM -0500, Stephen Adler wrote: 
> To do this right, I believe, I want to get a key pair which is 
> registered with a 3rd party registry like verisign or 
> networksolutions.com or something like that. Is this not so? Say I sign 
> a document with a self generated key pair, how does a third party know 
> that the signature came from me and not someone posing as me who 
> generated their own pair of keys? If I do need to go through the 3rd 
> party registry route, who should I use? 

Verisign and NetSol and the rest of them -- they don't actually 
attest that you are who you claim to be. Put your keys on a 
reputable keyserver. 

Then develop a web of trust. 

(Googling web of trust is a good idea.) 

-dsr- 


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