Re: [tlug] cacert question

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

On 25/02/11 15:52, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>   >  Well, I'm not trying to defend Microsoft [really, I am a
>   >  Linux user and not a spy :-) ], but many Microsoft-haters
>   >  aren't aware of the work that comes out of Microsoft
>   >  Research.
>
> That isn't a problem on this list, since about half of us are Simon
> Peyton-Jones fans. :-)


Ah!  Good to know ... now I know why my first mention of 
Microsoft didn't draw any hisses and boos.  :-)


>   >  never having met each other.  And if C was somehow slack,
>   >  then the web is only as good as the weakest link.
>
> Not true.  First, web of trust membership is not off-on, it's
> quantitative (although perhaps not precise).
>
> Second, it's additive: in
>
> A -->  B -->  C
> |           |
> V           V
> D -------->  E
>
> A may trust E more than C (depending on how she feels about B and D).
>
> The idea in webs of trust is that many non-overlapping paths give a
> pretty strong degree of trust.


I see; didn't think of that.  Thank you for explaining this 
to me!  I'll sit on it a bit, but I think I got it.

Ray