OCR: When using RIPEM Mac in PEM mode. it is assumed that your local PublicDiretory IS trusted in that the trusted certificates are marked with a line which says *Status: Valid bv Declaration' in your PublicDirectory. When adding items to your PublicDirectory, be sure that nothing which you op not explicitly trust is marked Valid by Dec laration. For example, an ad versary may send you bogus record which consists ofa certificate and Valid by Declaration status line and ask you to copy and paste into your PublicDirectory. If you are not careful and added this item to your PublicDirectory, you have introduced A major security breach in your systefature version of RIPEM Mac will povide 1 command for nging new items into your Publick Ditory pun will Ag such attempted braches. But for the time being ...
