[SGVLUG] Security "riddle"

[BB Odenthal]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Emerson, Tom (*IC)
<Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
> This pre-supposes that you CAN meet in person in advance of the exchange, and if that were the case, why bother with boxes and locks?  Why not exchange the item in question at that time?

Of course this initial meeting would be for a future exchange and it
can only be done once for every set of locks exchanged.

> This is also (classically) how PGP/GPG and other "PKI" systems work [which, of course, is why I thought of it as an example for security talks]

Indeed.  I would definitely like to hear more about these topics.

-bb