Houston, we have a problem

Robert J. Hansen rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Thu Sep 21 23:06:18 CEST 2017


> Do i understand you right, i validate Werner's pub key and when
> i get a signed email from Erika Mustermann the sig should be then
> o.k. from her, because i signed Werner's key?

No.  When you see something claiming to be Werner's sig on Erika's
certificate, ask yourself:

	* Is it correct?
	* Does the signing cert really belong to Werner?
	* Do you trust Werner?

If you can positively answer all three questions 'yes', then you should
trust it.  Otherwise, you shouldn't.



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