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Re: acceptance&commitments over trust

To: Carl Ellison <cme@Cybercash.COM>
Subject: Re: acceptance&commitments over trust
From: Ed Gerck <egerck@laser.cps.softex.br>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:04:25 -0300 (EST)
cc: Paul-André Pays <Paul-Andre.Pays@edelweb.fr>, cert-talk@structuredarts.com, spki@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199803302309.PAA31899@gateway-ext.StructuredArts.COM>
Sender: owner-spki@c2.net

On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Carl Ellison wrote:

>
>At 06:27 PM 3/27/98 +0100, Paul-André Pays wrote:
>>I don't need trust, I (and they) need commitments / contracts 
>>and liability and this why the thread about "trust transitivity"
>>looks to me as a pure speculation and theoretical debate unrelated
>>with the requirements of most players I have to deal with. 
>
>Very well said.  Thank you for the words.

If, however, "proper keys" and "proper trust" are not present, then
someone that claims "I don't need trust, I just need commitments and
liabilities" is like the proverbial man that just wanted the
third-floor of the house... no first and second floors were need to
fulfill his wishes.

Cheers,

Ed

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