Re: Global PKI on DNS?

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At 11:03 AM -0500 6/18/02, Alex Audu wrote:
>Ed,
>
>You made some interesting points which leads me to wonder if
>we can define Trust in such a way that its parameters are verifiable,
>then we can verify that it is transitive. In other words, if Jon gets
>a dollar from Mike, and Jon can verify the parameters of the dollar,
>then Jon doesn't care about the "trustworthyness" of  Mike's source.
>Or should he?
>
>Regards,
>Alex.

I didn't want to comment on this example, but your message forces me to do so.

Jon verifies the dollar, which is a bearer credential, and not Mike, 
the person from whom he received the dollar. (The dollar could have 
been stolen by Mike!) This example says nothing about transitivity of 
trust.

Steve


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