On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 02:17:50 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In germany the post offices offer a service where you hand the clerk your id >and he will check it, enter the details into a letter which he sends to the >receipient. This is called "postident". > >That way you can do age checks and idendity proofs. However you have to >trust a random person to do the job right. PGP has (undefined) assurance >levels to express this.
And judging by the "service" the german post office usually provides, I won't trust postident zilch. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834