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Re: [openpgp] Manifesto - who is the new OpenPGP for?

Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> Thu, 26 March 2015 10:16 UTC

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On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 05:25, calestyo@scientia.net said:

> Well if your goal is to drop the WoT respectively simply let people

The OpenPGP protocol does not specify any trust model.  It provides just
the features to build a PKI.  Some use the WoT, others build a X.509
alike system, some do not care at all, or use an ssh like non-PKI.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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