On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:54:51 +0200 Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:13:54 -0600, "Wesley J. Landaker" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Right, but they have to get it notarized (or forge a notary's seal, which is > >a criminal offense, at least in the US) which requires government ID > >(again, at least in the US). > > The entire procedure is quite US centric. I don't understand why you > US guys are so fond of your notaries. Because they do less in Common Law countries than in Civil Law countries. "In the United States, generally speaking, a notary public is a public official appointed by the government to serve the public as an impartial witness." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notary_public > Over here, it's a three digit > bill for the notary to open the office door and to offer you a chair, > so there might be cultures where one thinks twice or even three times > before having something notarized. > > Additionally, the web of trust is the web of trust because it is > entirely self-contained, without putting any trust on government and > state official. Your suggestion violates this principle by moving the > verification state to the notary. > > Even if the notary were sufficiently advanced to offer PGP key signing > with her official key this were not good enough for Debian, since the > Debian web of trust explicitly relies on being self-contained. You'd > need to have a DD notary, which at this point makes the signature > valid because of the DD property, and being notary becomes irrelevant. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil." John Ruskin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]