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Re: SSP - 3rd party Signers - Definition/Usage

2005-07-29 13:36:25

Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:

I think that a lot of the ambiguity that this discussion centers on
could be avoided if the signer of the message had the ability to assert
the role in which they sign the message rather than attempting to infer
it from the context.

In many instances a 3rd party signer has a very limited intention in
signing the message.
That's essentially what the iim home/routing tag was about. A routing
signature was just a signature that says "I signed this because I felt
like it" rather than "I signed this because I want to take responsibility
for something".

      Mike

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