[BSDCert] Peer Certifications

[Marek Piotr Stolarski]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:00:31AM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
=> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Matt Juszczak wrote:
=> 
=> > And, to make sure that friends did not just certify their friends, you
=> > must be endorsed by atleast one member of the core team of that specific
=> > certification in order to be able to "endorse" other users.
=> 
=> Why would the core team member certify someone? Are they paid? Volunteer
=> -- and if so -- how much time involved to certify?
=> 
=> How do they know that the test was actually completed by that person?
=> 
=> Maybe you can share some more information on how the identity of the
=> person can be proved.
=> 
=> For example, what keeps one person from proving their identity with
=> PGP/GPG but then having someone else complete the testing?

An authorized examination centre, for example?

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