playing with cryptography...

reynt0 reynt0 at cs.albany.edu
Sat May 3 22:05:49 CEST 2008


On 02 May 2008 jmoore3rd at bellsouth.net wrote:
  . . .
> This also doesn't mean that You really are Ramon Loureiro, since the
> Certificate doesn't carry Your _Name_ indicating that Other People have
> eyeballed You + Government Issued Documentation affirming that You
> actually are who You say You are.  To accomplish this You will need to
  . . .
> still have to 'trust' You at face value.  All that is certain is that
> Thawte has confirmed Somebody controls this particular email Address.

A few minor, picky points, FWIW:
1.  Of course, the trustworthyness of anything claiming
to be Government Issued Documentation always has to be
evaluated (as do governments, too, I suppose).  (Maybe the
old village midwife who delivered you and can identify your
legendary unique secret birthmark can better identify you as
the missing Crown Prince than the present government can ;^} .)
2.  Is it "certain" that "Thawte has confirmed", or is it
*claimed* that Thawte has confirmed?
3.  Of course, Thawte's confirmation process is however
trustworthy or not as it may be, which has to be evaluated.



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