On Tuesday, Nov 5, 2002, at 06:09 America/Montreal, Manuel Urueña
Pascual wrote:
I don't understand why have a separate space for ID alone solves the
stealing problem. Anyone can steal your ID unless cryto is used, of
course. Do I miss something?
You are not missing anything. Anytime any identity is being used
*without* cryptographic authentication, that identity might be forged.
Most identities used today (e.g. IPv6 address) are used without
cryptography
in deployed practice.
This important detail is eluding some other people here seemingly.