Weaving a PGP Web of trust..proposal? comments? (fwd)

[David Swarbrick]

In message <715793.3112278060@209-20-2-56.dialin.interlog.com>, Robert
Guerra <az096@freenet.toronto.on.ca> writes
>> Though it's probably costly..here's a possible way in which "A" could
>> verify "B"
>> (which could probably be held as binding in court)
>>
>> 1. "A" goes to his local notary public (or barister/solicitor/lawyer) and
>> gets
>> a notarized statement saying that "A" has proven himself to be who he says
>> he is and is the owner of a given PGP key (with a given PGP ID &
>> Fingerprint).
>>
Fine, except that anyone determined enough to misbehave could produce
documentation enough to walk through the lack of sophistication of a
lawyers office.

A lawyer asked to say that a client has 'proved' himself to be who he
says he is could be being asked to undertake expensive and fruitless
investigations.



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