Naming via SDSI

Oskar Sandberg md98-osa@nada.kth.se
Thu, 1 Mar 2001 01:53:29 +0100


On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 03:03:01PM -0800, hal@finney.org wrote:
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> With SDSI, each component of such names is associated with a public key.
> The public key signs bindings of the names below it in the hierarchy
> to their own keys.  In the example above, the key associated with "/us"
> signs a certificate binding "com" to its own key; and that key signs a
> certificate binding "microsoft" to the Microsoft key.

I would argue that this is a client application, possible in any network
that supports signed subspaces. 

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Oskar Sandberg
md98-osa@nada.kth.se