Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 17:54:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801082254.RAA10161@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Sender: Lojban list From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Subject: Re: knowledge and belief X-To: lojban To: John Cowan Status: O X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1216 X-From-Space-Date: Thu Jan 8 17:54:35 1998 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU ~mark: >In PGP, you have keys passed around, but what needs certification is >whether the key actually belongs to the person it claims to. I can sign >Lojbab's key, to certify that I am convinced that it really belongs to the >person it says it belongs to, and then John could be "sure" that the key >belongs to Lojbab, IF he is also "sure" that my key belongs to me >(i.e. that the signing key is valid) AND if he is satisfied, knowing me, >that I am not ditzy and would not sign a key without being certain that it >really belonged to the person. This trust propogates in this manner, >forming what they call the web of trust. Thanks for the explanation. I'm a little less confused now (for some reason I thought lojbab was talking about voice pitch when he referred to someone's "key", perhaps because that's the only key that one has inherently. But I still don't understand the game (is it a game?). What does PGP stand for? What is the objective? Is there a winner (the one who first guesses which key belongs to each participant?) Or is it a cooperative effort, everyone wins when all the keys found their owner? How can the first person to sign a key tell who the key belongs to? uanai co'o mi'e xorxes