On 02/27/2011 08:27 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > FM: [message] > RM: Hey, that's not me! I'm me. See? I've signed this with the same cert > I've used for everything else on this list. > FM: No, I'm the real Martin. I didn't sign up for this mailing list until > last week. You signed up here a long time ago and posted messages pretending > to be me, so that when I came on the list you could falsely claim to be me! > RM: But I'm the real Martin! I've been posting here for months! > FM: Prove it. You can't! Therefore, I'm the real Martin. > RM: But you can't prove it either!
If RM has a substantial amount of signatures on his public key, and FM doesn't, nor does he sign his mail, I'll be more likely to believe that RM is the real deal. Isn't that the whole point of the Web of Trust, or am I missing something here? -- . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o o o o . o . . o o o o . o o o
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