[Fwd: Re: Proof of email ownership]

[Alphax]

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Forwarded since it seems useful....

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Subject: Re: Proof of email ownership
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 09:07:24 +0200
From: Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
To: Alphax <alphasigmax at gmail.com>
CC: gnupg-users at gnupg.org
References: <42F3DBF1.7070701 at post.cz>
<873bplzzd3.fsf at wheatstone.g10code.de> <42F61D96.6000702 at gmail.com>

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:11:26 +0930, Alphax  said:

> Your other assumption is that everyone has continuous and unrestricted
> (no proxies, firewalls) internet access. I can't even get GPG to work

To clarify this: It is NOT a change of the trust modeel but an
optional feature.  Without access to the net you can't do it but wou
won't either be able to download a key.  OTOH, this feature may also
be implemented at a trusted upstream MTA.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner



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