Why CAs or public keysigning?

[Juan F. Codagnone]

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On Wednesday 18 June 2003 13:44, Kyle Hasselbacher wrote:
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> Do I understand this correctly?  The situation you're talking about is:
>
> - I want to communicate with Peter Smilde (e.g.)
> - I get a key that says "Peter Smilde" on it.
> - It's signed by someone I trust (e.g., a CA)
> - The key belongs to a REAL Peter Smilde who is NOT the one I intend.
> - The problem is...
>   - I send this stranger private info meant for the intended Peter Smilde.
>   - A message meant for the intended Peter Smilde fails to get there.

aka WoT used as the white pages :)

  Juan.

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