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Re: IPsec near term work

To: Steve Kent <kent@BBN.COM>
Subject: Re: IPsec near term work
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 11:10:47 -0500
Cc: ipsec@ans.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Feb 1994 09:19:16 EST." <199402041424.JAA28233@lehman.com>
Reply-To: pmetzger@lehman.com


Steve Kent says:
> Perry,
> 
> 	I understood your comments about a web of trust to be in the
> context of PGP because I belive you explicitly cited PGP in your
> message.  Without a concrete set of rules, e.g., as provided in PGP,
> the term "web of trust" is rather ambiguous.

The term refers (approximately) to the model that keys may possess
multiple certifications, that any key may sign a certification for any
other key, and that the set of keys to trust is configured rather than
specified by the model itself.

Perry

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