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Werner Koch wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Let me note that I am currently working on a simplified key validation
> scheme.  The basic idea is to connect a signature to an DNS entry.
> 
> Our assumption is that DNS is secure and unforgeable - as of now it is
> not but eventually DNSSEC will get deployed to solve this and many other
> problems.
> 
<snip>

Your other assumption is that everyone has continuous and unrestricted
(no proxies, firewalls) internet access. I can't even get GPG to work
with an authenticating proxy. Will GPG work with a localhost-based proxy
even?

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