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Re: True Name keys
According to Douglas Barnes:
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> You mention that you feel there is a conflict of interest if you
> were to charge money to sign keys.
> Actually, by charging money, I think you would greatly enhance
> the weight that people gave to your certification, and by leading
> out with a fee/service arrangement, you would be able to avoid
> the kind of overload that, say, Julf has run into with penet.
These are very good points. After I get this whole thing put together, I may
have an introductory special.... ;^)
> If you were to get enough business, you could then just farm the
> whole thing out to a local notary/clerk type who would probably
> have more experience with identity documents, the work of other
> notaries, etc.
And you would be force to trust him, also...and anyone else I may farm this out
to. Not this kid. ;^)
> Another thought: offer various levels of certification, based
> on the level of documentation. E.g., one level for xeroxes of
> id documents (you may just want to rule this out), another level
> for notarized copy of driver's licence, another for notarized
> copy of d.l. and birth certificate, etc. etc.
I was thinking of issuing a signed certificate to the customer indicating
exactly why I signed his key. This could be presented to other people who
question my signature. As per my policy, which can be gotten via finger, I will
sign a key iff any of the following is true:
1. I watched him generate his key.
2. I know the person by sight, and can verify his key.
3. He proves, with picture id, in person, that the public key is his.
4. He sends me a photocopy of his picture id and a signed statement
containing the pgp footprint of his key.
5. His key is signed by someone whom I trust to sign keys.
Note that #5 implies that the other signer has the same policy. My policy will
be stated in my certificate. Comments?
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