[ale] PGP / GPG key 0x450F89EC <pause at pause.perl.org>

[Jim Kinney]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:07:48AM -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >> I *will not* under any circumstances sign UIDs that I feel are
> >> intentionally misleading. A If Jim Kinney brings me a key with both
> >> his UID and a UID with the name "Mike Warfield" on it, I will not
> >> sign that key.
> >
> > dang. back to the evil genius drawing board. Total World Domination
> > postponed until further notice.
> >
> > is this thing on?
>
> Sure is. :)
>

you TOTALLY missed the joke!
"is thing on?" , refers to a speaker suddenly aware of the microphone near
them after they said something not meant to be public knowledge.

arrgh! tough room.

>
> For me, it'd depend on if the key is misleading or simply doesn't
> match the owner's ID (and why).  Mike Warfield mentioned corporate
> keys, for example; if someone presented me with a corporate key, it
> would not gain my signature unless:
>
>  * That person proved their identity to me.
>
>  * That person is allowed to enter into binding agreements on behalf
>   of the corporation.  That is, the person is the CEO (listed on the
>   Secretary of State's web site as such) of the corporation or there
>   is a corporate resolution enabling the person to enter into binding
>   agreements on behalf of the corporation.
>
>  * Failing the previous point, a corporate resolution authorizing the
>   person to generate, have possession of, and/or use the key.
>
>  * If a corporate resolution is used, it must be appropriately sealed
>   and I'd withold my signature on the key until I'd validated the
>   resolution that was presented.  (And they'd actually have to give
>   me the resolution; the corporation should make multiple
>   properly-sealed copies of it so that I would be allowed to retain
>   one.)
>
> In other words, I probably won't ever sign a corporate key.  Maybe
> that's why corporations use SSL over OpenPGP.
>
>       --- Mike
>
>
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James P. Kinney III

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
- *2011 Noam Chomsky

http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
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