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Re: [Cryptography] The next generation secure email solution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Mon Dec 16 21:26:39 2013
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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 09:59:01 +1000
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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On 2013-12-16 09:20, grarpamp wrote:
> In general I suggest that people wish to use messaging with each other
> once they already know them (or have some other trusted web to them).
> As in, Hey John, nice to meet ya today, what's your key (address), I'll
> message you later. Or Hey Jane, what's John's address. Same for
> employers, businesses, etc. Such peer groups bootstrap and grow
> very fast. Thus the perceived need for a cold lookup of Ralf, isn't much of
> a real one.
> Once you know the address (node crypto key),
Trouble is that the average user, or indeed the sophisticated user, is
apt to run away screaming on sight of a crypto key or a strong hash of one.
Need a system for handing one's keys around that protects end users from
the horrifying sight of actual keys or actual strong hashes of keys.
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