Signing a key (meaning)

[MFPA]

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Hi


On Monday 11 April 2011 at 6:06:48 PM, in
<mid:4DA33528.4010809 at grant-olson.net>, Grant Olson wrote:


>> but WHY should anybody (even an
>> attacker) place an email address in the ID over wich
>> they have no control?

> The obvious example is the standard MITM attack.

[...]

>>> At worst, some hypothetical exploit by some
>>> hypothetical attacker compromises your
>>> communications.  (Developing this hypothetical attack
>>> is left as an exercise to the reader...)

>> Unfortunately I'm not able to develope such an attack,
>> and think there is none of importance. Could you
>> please help me?

> I personally don't think there is one.

You already mentioned "the standard MITM attack." Isn't that one?

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