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Re: [Trans] Goals and generic mis-issuance fgramework

Phillip Hallam-Baker <ietf@hallambaker.com> Mon, 24 November 2014 14:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Trans] Goals and generic mis-issuance fgramework
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> wrote:
> Russ,

> Nonetheless, I guess a client might choose to rely on cert validation by a
> log, although
> one should do so only if one has confidence that the log (or a set of logs
> that all agree the
> cert was valid) can do a better job than the client. Given experience with
> some browsers, that
> might not be a bad idea ;-).

And so the TRANS notary becomes a trusted critical component rather
than a transparent notary whose actions are completely constrained by
the Harber-Stornetta block chain...

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