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Re: [Cryptography] Explaining PK to grandma
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Mercer)
Tue Nov 26 01:00:17 2013
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:49:15 -0800
From: David Mercer <radix42@gmail.com>
To: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>,
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>wrote:
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> > What am I missing here?
>
> Signatures. I don't know of a good analogy for signatures. Anyone?
>
For signatures how about the kind of stamp you press into a wax seal, and a
book with pictures of others' stamps as having their public key on your
keyring? A bit archaic, but grandma is more likely to get this one than
perhaps some teenagers, as she may have actually seen one used in person.
-David Mercer
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on, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Nico Williams <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D=
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> What am I missing here?<br>
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</div>Signatures. =C2=A0I don't know of a good analogy for signatures. =
=C2=A0Anyone?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For signatures how about =
the kind of stamp you press into a wax seal, and a book with pictures of ot=
hers' stamps as having their public key on your keyring? =C2=A0A bit ar=
chaic, but grandma is more likely to get this one than perhaps some teenage=
rs, as she may have actually seen one used in person.<br>
<br>-David Mercer</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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