RE: [ga] Proof of Identification

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

Patrick is right. A web of trust may be more easily implementable initially.
I have personally met Patrick a few times and Mark Langston is known to me
via a mutual acquaintance. Many others are also known to me, well enough
that I'd counter-sign their sigs. I am also sure that most of the NC can
certify that I am real (Since the San Jose NC meeting <grin> awa the SF Bay
Area meeting with Esther Dyson, last Summer).

> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Patrick
> Greenwell
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 1:07 PM
>
> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Mark C. Langston wrote:
>
> >
> > In the interest of putting an end to these shenanigans, I withdraw
> > my preivous conditions for submitting my driver's license.  I'll be
> > happy to do it immediately on request.
>
> Using the "web-of-trust" concept(which is really an excellent idea), I
> don't see why this would be necessary in your case. Myself and several
> other saw you and heard you speak when you went up to the
> mike at one of
> the Names Council meetings held in San Jose. I'd vouch for
> the veracity of
> your existence. Many others not present at that meeting have
> met me in the
> past, and as such know that I am a real person too.
>
> If a successful attempt to eliminate frauds such as the multiple
> personalities of Jeff Williams is to be made, I am not confident that
> simply faxing a license will be sufficient given the ease with which
> documents can be digitally manipulated, and the difficulty in
> recognizing
> such manipulation due to the lack of granularity inherient in
> a fax. If
> anyone doubts that someone would bother to go to such effort
> consider the
> vast quantities of time Jeff has dedicated to inflicting his
> fantasy world
> on all of us for so long, including the effort involved in
> signing up with
> several providers and carrying on conversations with himself. Mailings
> would at least minimize the number of personalities someone
> could claim.
>
> Everyone is being forced to play the electronic version of "Keystone
> Cops." At some point, people are going to have to decide when
> they have
> had enough....
>