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On 11/04/2008 06:07 PM, Ben Laurie:
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If you read what I wrote there, you'd understand that it wasn't about
email validation at all, but about phishing resistance. It was the
point from the beginning:<br>
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"The only exchange is really the public key submitted to the CA and the
issuance of the certificate. There is no need to exchange any other
information, none of it is a secret either."<br>
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What would they sign it with, or indicate with, that would convince you?
Validated S/MIME certificate.
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Validated how?
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...by validating and confirming the identity of the subscribers. There
are common procedures for doing that, however I think it's not the
scope of this list to discuss this issue further here. It was an
example to show that email addresses don't provide any proof about the
identity or employer of a subscriber.<br>
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