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Re: SOI: identity protection and DOS
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Michael Thomas wrote:
> I'm 99% certain we've entered a rathole here because
> we got here by way of saying that public key certs
> might contain private information on them. I still
> find that a highly dubious proposition...
I think you're assuming that public-key certs are automatically public
information, which is not necessarily true. People can and do keep
"public" keys quite confidential, using them very selectively.
Henry Spencer
henry@spsystems.net
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