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Re: on CAs as reputation providers; an argument for metric-based reputation services

2003-12-08 12:08:43
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 01:36:09PM -0500, Meng Weng Wong wrote:
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| On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:21:46AM -0800, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
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| | The cost of a ca issued  cert is policy enforcement. 
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| To expand on the idea of policy enforcement:
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| Judging the people who pay you money is not a tidy business model.  It
| may be better for a business to focus on providing reputation services
| rather than coupling reputation to certificates.
| 

Sorry for the long rants; I am a plodder.

I guess what I'm really saying is that if VeriSign wants to sell
people certs for domainkeys, they should; but they should not revoke
those certs even if they turn out to be spammers.  A reputation system
is still needed.

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