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Re: [isdf] RE: Palladium (TCP/MS)

2002-10-28 14:01:08
The question of a global PKI is to remove anonymity. You can trace back
to a real person (legal person) from the certificate. Who can offer

No. You can trace back to the fact that the signed data was at the same
                                         ^
                                     a hash of
place as the private key, at the same time.  It most certainly does *not*
prove that a given person intentionally signed it.

I've seen people *who operate CAs* lose sight of the fact that it's
the hash that's signed, not the full data.



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