linux-kernel - Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust

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Date:	Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:48:56 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu writes:

> Same goes for
> your doctor - how do you know he *really* went to med school?  Even calling
> the med school and verifying only proves that somebody with that name went
> there that year.

Actually, it's only proves that the person on the other end says his
name is at the time in the files. You wanted to be pedantic :-)
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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