Re: Who generates AOCE keys?

["Christian D. Odhner" <cdodhner@indirect.com>]

> Christian Odhner wonders:
> >
> >Well, what keeps people from makeing keys with somebody else's name/user
> >id on them and sending them in to be certified? Where is the
> >authentication from the key certifier's point of view?
> 
> The pass phrase.
> 
> 
> --
> Lefty (lefty@apple.com)
> C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.

And who chooses the pass phrase, and how is it transmited between parties,
and how is it linked to the keypair/user (is the key encrypted with it
like pgp?) ?
Just thinking some more... <Damn, gotta stop doin that...>  ;)

Happy Hunting, -Chris

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