Dirk Meyer wrote:
Pedro Melo wrote:On Aug 29, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Dave Cridland wrote:On Fri Aug 29 12:11:11 2008, Pedro Melo wrote:Well, I have this thing called a roster, and some of them I already have certified as being the person I expect them to be. And for some of those, I actually trust their judgement. So why not asking them if they know this person? And if yes, what's the signature they know them by?Hmmm. A protocol allowing me to discover if another jid is on your roster?interesting choice of words :), but actually is more like this: "Hey, I have this JID here that I want to talk to. Do you know him? and if yes, can you give me the fingerprint that you know him by?" The JID is provided by my own free will. There is no assertion that this JID is on my roster.And even if it is: you are friends. The client could ask all contacts in the roster matching a trust level.
Right. I would not ask everyone in my roster (2000 people), probably only people who are online right now and who match a certain trust level (e.g., people who also have certs I've verified).
Second, if I reply with a fingerprint match, I'm verifying not only the fingerprint, but that I, too, have spoken to Dirk and confirmed him, so you can run away and tell everyone we're co-conspirators.That is how a web-of-trust works, you have to trust. If I trust you, you can get such informtion from me and you can trust that I verified the fingerprint somehow. If you think I'm a co-conspirator without someone else, we don't have something I would call trust. :)
Good point. :)
Yes, but I can't see how to ask you do confirm something for me without telling you this much. Maybe someone else can. But I like using the Roster as a Web-of-Trust...Roster + a reqorked version of XEP-0189. I do not want to ask all the people in my roster if they know you, it would be nice if you could give me a hint. I guess we can say that if we want to open a secure connection, we trust each other (even on this insecure link) that we are in each others roster. And for people we both trust the same wouldbe true.1. You give me a certificate I can not verify 2. I check your pubsub server XEP-0189, node: people who can verify you. Access only for people in your roster. I see Pedro whom I know and trust. 3. I check Pedro's pubsub server XEP-0189, node: people he knows. All keys are signed by his key. I have his key and I'm in his roster to access that information 4. I can verify your key 5. I sign your key and upload it to my pubsub server as people I know. 6. I tell you that I can now verify your key 7. You change your pubsub server and add me as someone who can verify you. Peter wants to give XEP-0189 more love, I guess this is something that should be in it. Also the user/client keys. When he is back I can work with him to add all that stuff.
Sure, let's do that. Or feel free to pull the XML out of SVN and start working on it. :)
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