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		schoen on Feb 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Seven People Who Hold the Keys to Worldwide Intern... That's a public key/private key issue (I think!): the key he sends to Verisign will be the public key from the ceremony, not the private key. If I'm mistaken about this, I hope the secure channel is very very very secure!

Diederich on Feb 28, 2014 [–]

Indeed! And I'm not even thinking about the communication channel as much as...Verisign. Not picking on them, but it's just a single, US based organization.

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