-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi
On Friday 8 April 2011 at 8:35:56 PM, in <mid:4d9f639c.6040...@fifthhorseman.net>, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Or, more simply, An OpenPGP certification is "vouching > for someone's identity"; it is not "vouching for > someone". The meaning and implications of "vouching for" somebody are massively dependent on context and circumstances. In the context of a discussion about openPGP certifications, in the abstract without any specific use for those certifications lurking in the shadows, I see no difference between "vouching for someone's identity" and "vouching for someone." > But given the easy confusion and the level of nuance > required to tease the concepts apart, i think we're > better off avoiding the term "vouch" entirely, and > talking about "assertions of identity and key > ownership" instead. Why use a term likely to sow more > confusion in an already confused topic? Whilst "vouch" is yet another term with the potential to confuse, is it really any more confusing than "certification" or "assertion of identity?" > OpenPGP certifications should be about identity and > key-ownership. As an aside, I've always found "control" to be more helpful than "ownership" in my thought processes about openPGP keys. Who "controls" the private key has an obvious meaning to me, who "owns" a key seems a little more abstract. - -- Best regards MFPA mailto:expires2...@ymail.com Never interrupt me when I'm trying to interrupt you. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQE7BAEBCgClBQJNn3jWnhSAAAAAAEAAVXNpZ25pbmdfa2V5X0lEIHNpZ25pbmdf a2V5X0ZpbmdlcnByaW50IEAgIE1hc3Rlcl9rZXlfRmluZ2VycHJpbnQgQThBOTBC OEVBRDBDNkU2OSBCQTIzOUI0NjgxRjFFRjk1MThFNkJENDY0NDdFQ0EwMyBAIEJB MjM5QjQ2ODFGMUVGOTUxOEU2QkQ0NjQ0N0VDQTAzAAoJEKipC46tDG5pdiAD+gMv jNDoqqqZ9cYUf39hBs2w3e8QoyjMIBVmk8Ghg/4F/L7yaXQCGR9OXrKAFl45zPAz B9Y2Cz8VLjBa7CjpeluZe0kkzF+0De4vd+BaNFBGF0jY13KXPfbWezC22SH4A16w jlOFLFWiEPk1mJaNjA7GHB1JVxM9nrHRYXT1iPX2 =WqbR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
