Web of Trust - goals and status
Goals:
- Small trusted codebase: proof validator plus signature validator.
- Expressive power allows real trust structure to be expressed
- Simple system allows security verification (Privacy, confidentiality,
etc)
Status
- Existing research demonstrates feasibility eg PCA (Felten,
Appel)
- cwm simple integration of cryptography and
inference
- Some base standards exist, eg. XML Digital Signature.
- Large research agenda