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Re: PGP web of trust
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At 06:09 AM 12/8/97 -0200, Ed Gerck wrote:
>-> As I say frequently, there are only certificate loops -- with authority
>-> passing from the verifier through certificates back to the verifier.
>
>Does the prisoner pass authority to the prison guard, so that the prison
>guard is allowed to keep the prisoner handcuffed? Certificates do not
>pass authority from the verifier to the issuer. They convey information
>with an unidirectional flow to the verifier. Yes, the verifier may gauge
>and select the information content but he may not choose the gauge,
>neither may he change the information nor may he denote it.
Each verifier needs to know which so-called root keys it accepts and for
what kind of authorization. That closes the loop. There is no root key
from God, much though NSA might like to think so :)
- Carl
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