On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:19:40 +0300 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Andrei Popescu escribió: > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>> What are the advantages to having it? > > >> Using a web of trust, you can validate whether the entity that > > >> claims to have sent the email actually sent the email. > > > > > > Which makes me wonder, how is anyone to establish such a web of > > > trust in this community? > > > > There're KSP (Keysigning party) where ID's are checked and keys are > > signed for another keys, that raises the web of trust. > > This is the theory ;) But how can I, in Romania, get my key signed by > at least one of the regular users of this list? I'll have a look to see > if there are any DDs from Romania or at least Vienna. I can imagine the > web is well established between the DDs. > > Regards, > Andrei IIUC, the web of trust is (somewhat) transitive; you don't need direct access to a d-u user or DD, as long as there's some sort of linkage (think six degrees of separation) between you. Celejar
