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Re: [Full-Disclosure] a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam!
- To: Michael Gale <michael@bluesuperman.com>, <full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com>
- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] a PGP signed mail? Has to be spam!
- From: "Daniel" <dan@lockedbox.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 04:24:11 +0000
Michael Gale <michael@bluesuperman.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Do you know how PGP signatures work, you need to have the person who
> signed it / created the PGP sig to somehow securely provide you with
> their key to validate it.
Ummm, no, that is why we have public/private keys. The private key can be used
to sign and the public key used to verify. Yes you can create a key from an
address that is not your own. But if you recieve a message from
bill@microsoft.com you would exspect a key to say the same.
Regards,
Daniel B.
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