"Tipping-off" revisited

Charles Lindsey Charles Lindsey <chl at clw.cs.man.ac.uk>
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 18:58:53 +0000 (GMT)


	On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:49:54 -0000
	"David Hansen" <davidh@spidacom.co.uk> said...

> 
> On 8 Mar 01, at 15:47, Richard Clayton wrote:
> 
> > I think it would be wise to avoid statements such as "I will only
> > revoke this key if served with a s49 order with an s54 provision".
> > That might not be keeping secret the "giving of the notice".
> 
> On the contrary, that is an excellent form of words. I will modify it 
> and add it to my signatures.

So if I obtain your key by hacking your computer, and your passphrase by
peering over your shoulder, and then go around the net impersonating you
to your great detriment, you will STILL not revoke the key?

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