[TriLUG] Assurance tonight

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I thought that a Social Security card was not an acceptable form of ID as it doesn't include a birthdate.

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From: "Cristobal Palmer" <cristobalpalmer at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
Date:  Sat, 13 May 2006 00:37:32 -0400

>from the CAcert website:
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>CAcert Web of Trust Rules
>
>It is essential that CAcert Assurers understand and follow the rules
>below to ensure that applicants for assurance are suitably identified,
>which, in turn, maintains trust in the system.
>
>Contact
>
>* You must meet the applicant in person;
>* You must sight at least one form of government issued photo
>identification. It's preferable if 2 forms of Government issued photo
>ID are presented, as less points may be issued if there is any doubt
>on the person by the person issuing points;
>* Compare and verify that the copy of the identification sighted is a
>true and correct copy;
>* Complete the assurance form if the applicant has not already done
>so. Ensure that all information matches.
>
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>For a _second_ photo ID, one might have an employee ID for a state
>agency or a student ID for a state university. I would only accept
>(ie. allocate the full number of points I'm allowed to give) one of
>those if I had a reasonable sense of that ID's validity. For example,
>our sponsor ECU ( http://www.ecu.edu/ ) is a state university, but I
>have no clue what their IDs look like. I do know what a UNC OneCard
>looks like (I have one).
>
>For non-photo ID, there's Mr. Barlow's suggestion of a birth
>certificate, but one could also accept a Social Security card, a
>Selective Service registration card, or perhaps a voter registration
>card. But again, these are not photo IDs, so the full number of points
>should not be issued based on these IDs.
>
>The rules aren't more detailed about what forms of ID are acceptable
>because not only do IDs vary from one location to another, but the
>important factor is the assurers ability to verify that the ID is
>valid.
>
>Did I miss anything Tanner?
>
>-CMP
>
>On 5/12/06, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
>> On Thursday 11 May 2006 02:06 pm, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > Just wanted to remind everyone that if you want to have your
>> > identity assured for CACert tonight to please sign up for an
>> > account at http://www.cacert.org/ and bring 2 forms of government
>> > issued ID.
>>
>> Curious -- if a person doesn't have a passport, what would they have besides a
>> drivers license?
>>
>> SteveT
>>
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>Cristobal M. Palmer
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>TriLUG Vice Chair
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