Re: PACKAGE in the MAIL: Is it SAFE?

From: KPJ (kpj@sics.se)
Date: Tue Jan 23 2001 - 06:21:23 MST


It appears as if Ken Meyering <ken@define.com> wrote:
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|Now is a good time to begin pushing the limits. The network is in place.
|The Libertarians are now equipped with the tools required to conduct free
|trade and free speech (the internet). Let's push some limits and see if we
|can get a little tolerance meme virus to spread a little.

I fail to detect any solution to the man-in-the-middle attack on encryption,
unless people meet "in the flesh" to exchange encryption keys. The PGP "web
of trust" really does not solve this problem, IMO.

Until one solves this, free trade using networks lacks security. The telephone
network has this problem too, but on the Internet it becomes a major problem.
Without security, the libertarians lack the tools to conduct free trade and
speach.

Suggestions?



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