Re: [dispatch] I-D Action: draft-birk-pep-trustwords-00.txt (fwd)

[Bernie Hoeneisen <[e-mail]>]

Just to let you know that draft-birk-pep-trustwords-00), has triggered 
quite some discussion on the SAAG list. Here the link to the archives:

   https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/saag/current/maillist.html

Best,
  Bernie

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On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Bernie Hoeneisen wrote:

>
> Please be informed that (as promised in my earlier email) the 2nd I-D of the 
> pEp (Pretty Easy Privacy) series has just been published. You can find it on:
>
>  https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-birk-pep-trustwords/
>
> Abstract:
>
>    In public-key cryptography comparing the public keys' fingerprints of
>    the communication partners involved is vital to ensure that there is
>    no man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack on the communication channel.
>    Fingerprints normally consist of a chain of hexadecimal chars.
>    However, comparing hexadecimal strings is often impractical for
>    regular users and prone to misunderstandings.
>
>    To mitigate these challenges, this memo proposes the comparision of
>    trustwords as opposed to hexadecimal strings.  Trustwords are common
>    words in a natural language (e.g., English) to which the hexidecimal
>    strings are mapped to.  This makes the verification process more
>    natural.
>
> If you consider this work useful, please express your option and view on this 
> work on this list now. If you condider this not to be useful, please tell us 
> why.
>
> Anyways, we are looking forward to your feedback!
>
> All the best
> Bernie
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <[e-mail]>
> Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 9:17 AM
> Subject: I-D Action: draft-birk-pep-trustwords-00.txt
> To: [e-mail]
>
>
>
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
> directories.
>
>
>         Title           : pretty Easy privacy (pEp): Trustwords concept
>         Authors         : Volker Birk
>                           Hernani Marques
>                           Bernie Hoeneisen
>         Filename        : draft-birk-pep-trustwords-00.txt
>         Pages           : 6
>         Date            : 2018-02-22
>
> Abstract:
>    In public-key cryptography comparing the public keys' fingerprints of
>    the communication partners involved is vital to ensure that there is
>    no man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack on the communication channel.
>    Fingerprints normally consist of a chain of hexadecimal chars.
>    However, comparing hexadecimal strings is often impractical for
>    regular users and prone to misunderstandings.
>
>    To mitigate these challenges, this memo proposes the comparision of
>    trustwords as opposed to hexadecimal strings.  Trustwords are common
>    words in a natural language (e.g., English) to which the hexidecimal
>    strings are mapped to.  This makes the verification process more
>    natural.
>
>
> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-birk-pep-trustwords/
>
> There are also htmlized versions available at:
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-birk-pep-trustwords-00
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-birk-pep-trustwords-00
>
>
> Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission
> until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
>
> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
>
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