On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:01:02 PST, Paul Hoffman / IMC said:
This has nearly nothing to do with the technical part of the PKI, and
everything to do with the humans.
Right. And to quote what Keith Moore said at the start of this thread:
I'd put this a different way. Until PKIs are able to represent the
rich diversity of trust relationships that exist in the real world,
they are mere curiosities with marginal practical value.
That's a true statement whether it's the PKI's fault or not.
The class of buildings known as 'a library' is, without books, a mere curiosity
as well. It's not the library's fault that nobody is obtaining books to place
on its shelves.
Yes, we can probably make a PKI reflect a trust relationship, if we knew how
to do it. Doesn't change the fact that until the PKI actually *does* it, it's
a curiosity.
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