PK without PKI (was: improved identification)
John Denker via cryptography <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:35:30 -0700
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On 1/13/20 10:40 AM, james hughes wrote: > And we will have the same PKI mess we have today No, we won't. That is not what I am proposing. More generally: PK is not synonymous with PKI. In particular, you can have public and private keys without having anything resembling a globally-trusted root CA. For the *third time* I emphasize the simple principle: I trust keys that I have issued myself. _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list [email protected] https://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography