Re: PGP security models, was Summary of IETF LC for draft-ietf-dane-openpgpkey

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John R Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A straightforward example is that the mail system, through malice or outside
> pressure, does an MITM attack on users who have their own keys, so it
> publishes a key it controls and re-encrypts mail on the way through to the
> user's own key.

The user should notice this since their encrypted mail will appear to come
from their mail provider not from the sender. (PGP signature doesn't
match 822 From:)

Tony.
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