From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@dorsai.dorsai.org>
To: Steve Reid <root@edmweb.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-05-11 01:17:22 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 09:17:22 +0800
From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 09:17:22 +0800
To: Steve Reid <root@edmweb.com>
Subject: Re: Transitive trust
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On Wed, 8 May 1996, Steve Reid wrote:
> When you sign a key, you are placing your reputation on the line, so you
> must be certain that the level of trust you're placing is appropriate.
> But what happens when someone goes rogue and ignores credentials, and
> signs keys of anyone who is willing to pay the price? You would regret
> signing the rogue person's key. So, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO REVOKE
> TRUST, in order to protect your own reputation.
> PGP currently only allows a person to revoke their own key. Most people
> would revoke their key if it were stolen, to protect their own
> reputation. However, some people may be unwilling or unable to revoke
> their own key, and if you signed that key, your reputation may be
> affected. Clearly, it should be possible to remove your signature from
> someone's key.
But it is - it's a pain in the ass, but you can always revoke your own
key and generate a new one, then sign everyone's keys whom you've signed
as trusted, EXCEPT the one you wish to revoke.
> What it all comes down to is reputation. Protect your reputation, and
> you could make a living on your reputation alone.
Ah, but first you have to build yourself a reputation before you can live
off it alone. :) That includes doing cool things other than building
reputations by signing keys.
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