Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Avi
-- Forwarded message -- > From: "Robert J. Hansen" > To: Faramir > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:45:32 -0500 > Subject: Re: recover private key > (This email is for jakse, although I'm responding to Faramir's email.) > > [snip] > > U

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Avi
Yes, Robert, that is possible. However, IIRC, signatures come with a time stamp. In the case I am envisioning, the quotER is taking it from somwhere, and the quotEE can show the prior, complete post. Yes, this does not prevent someone from pre-creating two different messages, but someone resorting

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Avi wrote: > For example, given the possibility of a piece of an e-mail being > quoted out of context, signing my messages allows me to > demonstrate the totality of what I did write at the time I wrote > it, so I have a recourse to show the entire post and its > context. The same would apply for t

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Robert J. Hansen
Avi wrote: > Yes, Robert, that is possible. However, IIRC, signatures come with a > time stamp. The OpenPGP time stamp is not a trusted timestamp and should not be relied upon for any trusted purpose. > In the case I am envisioning, the quotER is taking it from > somwhere, and the quotEE can show

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-13 Thread Faramir
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Robert J. Hansen escribió: ... > If the person presenting you with a quote also includes the signature of > the message they're quoting, though, then yes, this becomes possible. > But if they're excerpting you, odds are good they don't have your sign

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-14 Thread Avi
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Avi wrote: > > Yes, Robert, that is possible. However, IIRC, signatures come with a > > time stamp. > > The OpenPGP time stamp is not a trusted timestamp and should not be > relied upon for any trusted purpose. Point taken. > > > > In

Re: Subject: Re: recover private key

2009-01-14 Thread John Clizbe
Avi wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > > There's no pre-creation necessary in the scenario I outlined. Maybe I > just know an uncommon class of scoundrels, but that level of > skulduggery is fairly tame in my experience. > > > Again, point taken, a