[foaf-protocols] Comparing Web of Trust and Hierarchical PKI for FOAF+SSL

[Story Henry]

Very nice article Bruno. You wrote:

[[
What we've done (and there's some sample code in the Sommer project  
code repository) is "converting" an OpenPGP key-pair (which is in fact  
a form of certificate) into an X.509 certificate that can be used  
directly. It's just a self-signed certificate based on the OpenPGP key  
material: it contains the OpenPGP public key and is signed by the  
corresponding private key.
]]

Does this mean that one can publish any X509 Cert's public key using  
PGP?

If so would this mean that we could get foaf+ssl going by publishing  
the public key in the foaf file using the PGP leaning wot ontology,  
right? That would mean we could discuss calmly over time on how to  
improove the ontology, but could get going with what we already have.

Henry


On 14 Oct 2008, at 01:26, Bruno Harbulot wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've had a few thoughts on the trust model for FOAF+SSL, and, since  
> it's
> fashionable, blogged about it:
>
> http://blog.distributedmatter.net/post/2008/10/14/Comparing-Web-of-Trust-and-Hierarchical-PKI-for-FOAFSSL
>
> Feel free to reply on the blog or to quote and reply by e-mail (list  
> or
> not) if you wish. Corrections and comments are welcome.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bruno.
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