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Re: The worm author finally revealed!
From: Simon Richter <Simon.Richter () hogyros de>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:25:29 +0100
Henrik,
I guess many people also thinks that having a PGP signature on mails make them - true (while paranoid people would actually verify the signatures)
No, PGP signatures help me establish trust to individuals by allowing me to connect messages by the same individual to each other and then decide whether I trust that person. That a key also has a more-or-less pronounceable name embedded simply helps my brain to remember which individual was just talking.
even IF the PGP signature verifies clean the content might be fake, or a joke in this case
Erm, the contents may be fake, but this comes seldom from someone who you already trust through what he/she said before. Of course, this system is subject to social engineering, but I couldn't think of a better system. Simon -- GPG Fingerprint: 040E B5F7 84F1 4FBC CEAD ADC6 18A0 CC8D 5706 A4B4
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