Re: Global PKI on DNS?

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Steve,

You made a good observation. However, it does not nullify the assertion that if
the appropriate
parameters of trusting the source, and genuineness of the dollar can be verified,
then we shouldn't
have a problem.  So if theft of the dollar is a concern, then add a verifiable
"stollen/not stollen" paramater.

Regards,
Alex.


Stephen Kent wrote:

> 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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