MSGID: 2:5030/1997@fidonet 5eb2a967   
   REPLY: 1:153/757 5eb1b616   
   CHRS: CP850 2   
   TZUTC: 0300   
   TID: FastEcho 1.46.1 43272   
   Hello Alan!   
      
   On Tue, 05 May 2020 at 11:48 -0700, you wrote to me:   
      
    AF>> Why keep saying it is secure while it is not?   
    AI> I say it is secure because it is! Arguing that it isn't is just plain   
    AI> silly.   
      
   No it is not. Thinking that obfuscation equals security is silly.   
      
    AF>> It would only be secure if certificates could be verified.   
    AF>> Otherwise it is zero security.   
    AI> We could use some kind of in house certificates in fidonet. We would   
    AI> have to build and maintain all that.   
      
   There are many options. For example, have centralized certificate issuer or   
   have pubkeys in nodelist or DNS. The only problem is that there is no standard   
   to implement.   
      
      
   ... Music Station BBS | https://bbs.bsrealm.net | telnet://bbs.bsrealm.net   
   --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20180707   
    * Origin: Music Station | https://ms.bsrealm.net (2:5030/1997)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/123 50/109 90/1 103/705 120/340 601 154/10 203/0 221/0   
   SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 200 426 664 1014 240/2100   
   SEEN-BY: 240/5138 5832 5853 6309 249/109 307 317 280/464 5003 5555   
   SEEN-BY: 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31 320/219 335/364 342/200 396/45   
   SEEN-BY: 423/120 451/30 452/166 463/68 467/888 469/122 712/848 770/1   
   SEEN-BY: 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119 4500/1 5000/111 5001/100 5005/49   
   SEEN-BY: 5015/255 5019/42 5020/290 329 715 806 828 846 848 921 1042   
   SEEN-BY: 5020/1519 2047 2140 4441 12000 5022/128 5023/12 24 5030/1081   
   SEEN-BY: 5030/1900 1997 5034/13 5053/54 57 5054/8 5057/19 5060/900   
   SEEN-BY: 5064/56 5075/128 5080/68 102 5083/444   
   PATH: 5030/1997 5023/24 5020/715 4441 1042 221/6 154/10 280/464   
   PATH: 240/5832 229/426