GPG Key Signing

[James Knott]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Jamon Camisso wrote:
> 
>> I think Evan's thought is that Thawte are selling something that is
>> freely and openly available by other means.
>>
> If you want to get philosophical, it gets even deeper than that.
> 
> The whole concept of a web of trust is something that an organized
> community should be better able to provide than a single commercial entity.
> 
> Why should someone trust Thawte or Verisign? Simply because they exist
> to be trusted?
>
With the free Thawte certificates, you get verified by real live warm
bodies.  ;-)

You can get others, with sufficient points to do it, or under some
circumstances get a lawyer, accountant, bank manager etc., to do it.
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