In a message dated 10/31/01 3:09:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< but do not "PKI, encryption, [and] digital certificates," de- pending on their use, actually help to PROVE one's identity through reliable, trusted, or otherwise authoritative third parties? >> In closed systems, yes. However, even in those environments there is a substantial risk, because there really are no "trusted," or otherwise authoritative third parties, short of a full blown background check. Approximately 80% of all attacks are from those "trusted" insiders. Remember 100% of embezzlers are trusted implicitly. In a world of digital strangers the concept almost loses its meaning. I've been around this business for nearly 20 years and I'm not sure who you could really classify as a "trusted third party." John Ellingson CEO Edentification, Inc. 608.833.6261 ||||# |||||| |||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
