CDR: Schneier: Why Digital Signatures are not Signatures (was Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, November 15, 2000)
Mac Norton
mnorton at cavern.uark.edu
Wed Nov 15 20:34:42 PST 2000
I think we knew that, but the particular problem posited here is
that Alice's sig can be associated with a record she never saw,
an acute symptom, not a chronic one, I'd hope. But I have asked
for education in that regard, and hope it's forthcoming.
MacN
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Jim Choate wrote:
>
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, R. A. Hettinga forwarded from a 3rd party:
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> > > When the same judge sees a digital signature, he doesn't know anything
> > > about Alice's intentions. He doesn't know if Alice agreed to the document,
> > > or even if she ever saw it.
>
> It's nice to see somebody else recognize the fundamental flaw with PKC is
> the god-damned key management.
>
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