trust is outsourced all the time in the non-cryptographic world unless you do not have a bank account
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:00 PM, James A. Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2014-04-29 05:58, Ryan Carboni wrote: > >> We happen to live on a planet where most users are ordinary users. >> >> >> given the extent of phishing, it's probably best we outsource trust to >> centralized authorities. >> Although it should be easier establishing your own certificate authority. >> > > Cannot outsource trust Ann usually knows more about Bob than a distant > authority does. A certificate authority does not certify that Bob is > trustworthy, but that his name is Bob. > > In practice, however we find that diverse entities have very similar > names, and a single entity may have many names. > > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >
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