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From: <pe...@us...> - 2003-12-08 19:32:36
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Update of /cvsroot/neuclear/neuclear-id/xdocs In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv11933/xdocs Modified Files: index.xml Log Message: Added support for the http scheme into ID. See http://neuclear.org/archives/000195.html Index: index.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/neuclear/neuclear-id/xdocs/index.xml,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -C2 -d -r1.3 -r1.4 *** index.xml 11 Nov 2003 02:31:47 -0000 1.3 --- index.xml 8 Dec 2003 19:32:33 -0000 1.4 *************** *** 14,18 **** --- 14,40 ---- applications that people have been talking about the last 10 years, but never got of the ground due to usability and logistical reasons. + </p> + </section> + <section name="Rethinking PKI"> + <p> + I am a big believer in Public/Private Key crypto and digital signatures. The core technology is so elegant and + has so many uses it is a wonder that it never quite took off. Unless you start + addressing the many problems involved with the actual implementations and applications of the + technology, see Ian Griggs wonderful rants here and you might understand: + </p> + + <ul><li><a href="http://www.iang.org/ssl/">SSL</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.iang.org/ssl/pki_considered_harmful.html">PKI</a></li> + </ul> + + <p>The purpose of writing a new PKI system by scratch for NeuClear was to create a system that was:</p> + + <ul><li>Easy to use and understand for average users</li> + <li>completely legacy free (ie. http (or p2p) not ldap, xml not asn.1 nor x509)</li> + <li>Not be succeptible to government manipulation such as the dns system.</li> + <li>Leave CyberSpace <span class="caps">ID</span> to Meat Space <span class="caps">ID</span> mapping to optional higher levels.</li> + <li>Make accessability a higher priority than theoretical threat analysis (See Ian's rants again above)</li> + </ul> <p> The NeuClear ID attempts to take flexibility of <a href="http://www.pgp.org">PGP</a> and merge it with the |