At 2:15 PM -0400 6/13/02, Stephen Kent wrote:
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You are the one who keeps saying that trust is transitive. I'm the
one saying that it's not, and that a DNS-based PKI does not imply
transitive trust.
<rest of message deleted, since it didn't say anything new,
constructive, or generally relevant to the topic ...
Steve
I am simply astounded. Where in my texts have I said that trust is
ever transitive.
I asked on for an explanation of why some in this list think trust is
transitive.
And I cited the only instance I can think of where it might be
transitive by mutual agreement between a SPY and her handler! But
this is not to be construed as my "saying that trust is transitive."
If you can find he message and the text where I state that trust is
transitive. please return the message to me so I can compare it with
the copy of it that I kept in my outgoing mail folder.
For clarity, I will now more simply restate my QUESTION:
Explain for me (and others here) how trust is ever transitive!
That is what I am really driving at. I don't think you can prove it.
Cheers...\Stef