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   Hello Michiel!   
      
   On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 at 14:34 +0100, you wrote to me:   
      
    AF>> I mean something different. For example, if it would be somehow   
    AF>> possible to store CA pubkey in the nodelist, it could work.   
    MV> That would mean a significant redesign of the format of the nodelist.   
    MV> WHich would make a lot of nodelist processing sofware go in a flat   
    MV> spin. I am not sure we should go that way...   
      
   Yep, exactly.   
      
    AF>> Or we could have a global FIDONET CA. :)   
    MV> Experience with previous "centralised authority" in Fidonet tells me   
    MV> this is a bad idea. Can you say "echolist"?   
      
   I don't like this either.   
      
    MV> If I have to choose between the two evils of a centralised authority   
    MV> within Fidonet or one outside Fidonet, I'd pefer the latter. At last   
    MV> the latter presumably has no interest in playing fidonet politcal   
    MV> games.   
      
   The only problem with internet trusted CAs is that a node would need a domain   
   to issue certificate for. While in FIDONET we could issue certificates for   
   node addresses.   
      
      
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