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Re: [Cryptography] Explaining PK to grandma
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dan@geer.org)
Tue Nov 26 19:57:19 2013
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From: dan@geer.org
To: kristian.gjosteen@math.ntnu.no, jon@callas.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:36:21 +0100."
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:47:06 -0500
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> > Yes, "signature" is an unfortunate term. "Seal" would have been better.
> ...
> I like seal.
The term of art in postal mail is "sealed against inspection"
and it matters rather a lot. In the U.S., the Postal Service
has its own police force -- not even the Treasury can still
say that.
--dan
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