Re: [Blocks-development] Trust Network standards document v0.02

[Blat F. <pet...@ho...>]

>From: "Michael Spencer Jr." <m...@ms...>
>To: <blo...@li...>
>Subject: [Blocks-development] Trust Network standards document v0.02
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:01:06 -0500
>
>This is an early, partial draft of the web-of-trust standards document.  It
>doesn't detail enough layers to form a complete web-of-trust yet.
>
>Someone had recommended transferring signatures with the file adverts.  If
>that gets implemented, that would replace the bottom layer -- the transport
>mechanism for all this crypto material.
>
>Do we need overseas developers now?  We don't want to run afowl of United
>States cryptographic technology export restrictions...and we definitely
>don't want someone in the US to get the bright idea that...if they merely
>classify distributed filesharing technology to be a munition, they could
>legally do bad things to the authors of these programs.  :(

Crypto upto 64bits in strength is freely exportable. All the
current crypto code in Blocks was created outside of the US,
and AFAIK there arent any import restrictions here :-)

I dont think there are any crypto restrictions on authentication
mechanisms like digital signatures, so long as the data itself
is not encrypted.

No information in Blocks is password encrypted. However,
cached and transmitted data are secured by transient session
keys.

I think I'll have a read of you docs now :-)

ttfn

PG.

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