ISP is not an important part of identity

[Tim May <tcmay@got.net>]

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At 2:28 PM -0700 11/2/97, Secret Squirrel wrote:

>For that matter, I'm not sure the the e-mail address and user name are
>good things to associate with the key.  The e-mail address changes all
>the time.  The user name should be assigned by you as part of the
>authentication procedure, not by the person offering the key.
>
>Monty Cantsin
>Editor in Chief
>Smile Magazine


Yep, I get people asking me to "prove" that the "Tim May" who uses the
got.net ISP is the same "Tim May" as "tcmay@netcom.com," which got
associated with my original 1992 key generation.

I try to tell them, "I'm that same entity, whoever that is, if I can sign
messages with that key."

They somehow think the tcmay@netcom.com vs. tcmay@got.net dichotomy is
what's really important. I then ignore them.

- --Tim May


The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
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Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES:   408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
Higher Power: 2^2,976,221   | black markets, collapse of governments.
"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."



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