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Indeed, <br>
<br>
Okay... so interested parties should 'sit down' and hash this out
(pun intended) :-).<br>
If you think XMLSec is the way to go, and you have documentation
that you feel would be particularly helpful to getting up to speed
on it, please send it out.<br>
<br>
And ofcourse we want to *keep it simple*, whatever we do.<br>
<br>
P.S.<br>
Now that we are going to be in crypto land, we need to
simultaneously get the ball rolling on any export issues so by the
time we are done implementing the legal eagles have sorted that
stuff out as well so we don't get stymied later.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 6/2/11 2:18 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:philip.kershaw@stfc.ac.uk">philip.kershaw@stfc.ac.uk</a> wrote:
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type="cite">
<pre wrap="">However, this p2p scenario inevitably brings in to play the need for
digital signature. The key issue is that when I pass a registry document,
to another peer I assert information about myself but also information
about other peers too.
So, we all trust each other so what's the problem? Imagine a node is
compromised and then look at the consequences.
1) Without signature. I with the compromised cert can modify my own
registry doc but I can also assert any rubbish I like about anyone else's
2) With signature. I can modify my own registry entry but much as I might
want to, I can't modify anything about anyone else's because they're all
signed.
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Gavin M. Bell
Lawrence Livermore National Labs
--
"Never mistake a clear view for a short distance."
-Paul Saffo
(GPG Key - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rainbow.llnl.gov/dist/keys/gavin.asc">http://rainbow.llnl.gov/dist/keys/gavin.asc</a>)
A796 CE39 9C31 68A4 52A7 1F6B 66B7 B250 21D5 6D3E
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