influence of signature type on trustdb

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Fri Feb 8 09:42:51 CET 2013


On Thu,  7 Feb 2013 17:54, dkg at fifthhorseman.net said:

> Making the trust model even more complicated without improving
> comprehensibility to the user seems like trouble.

I second this and let me also remind that we should not fall into the
PKIX trap: Even that this hierarchical model is simpler than the Web of
Trust, they turned it into a complete mess by adding more and more
features to solve anticipated problems and forgot about the real world
attacks.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner


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