Re: Netscape Changes RSA tree

• To: Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>
• Subject: Re: Netscape Changes RSA tree
• From: Marc Horowitz <marc@mit.edu>
• Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 00:56:37 EDT
• Cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu, rens@imsi.com, wcs@anchor.ho.att.com

>> We believe that there will be multiple hierarchies, and that you have 
>> to decide which one(s) you trust. We also think that one hierarchy 
>> should be able to set up a "trust-link" for those who trust it stating 
>> what degree of trust the (possibly distributed) authority for  that 
>> hierarchy places in the other hierarchy.
>> 
>> I think this amounts to the "web-of-trust"; please correct me if I've 
>> misinterpreted.

I'm not convinced.  In graph theoretical terms, the web of trust is an
arbitrary digraph.  A heirarchy is a tree.  What is your system?

(Of course, I'm a computer engineer, not a mathematician, so if I got
these terms wrong, someone please correct me.)

		Marc

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