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PoP & Signer's User ID subpacket?

2003-06-16 14:34:40


I could be wrong, but it seems like PGP keysigning often happens without Proof-of-Possession of the corresponding private key. For example, at PGP keysigning parties, I think it's common for people to attest that a fingerprint really belongs to them, but not have to produce signatures with the corresponding private key.

Is there a risk that Alice could trick someone into certifying that Bob's public key belongs to her? Then someone receiving a signed message from Bob might incorrectly think it came from Alice.

Maybe, as a Security Consideration, the "Signer's User ID" subpacket should always be included in signatures. If Bob always included this subpacket in his signatures, then no-one could be tricked into thinking Bob's signed messages really came from Alice.

Trevor