[foaf-protocols] Fwd: [keyassure] CA-related event in DC on Friday

[Henry Story]

On 18 Oct 2010, at 23:39, Dan Brickley wrote:

> Anyone in the DC area?

The answer they will come to I believe is that this problem of CAs is 
solved by DNSSEC using a procedure similar to WebID, 
as Dan Kaminsky has explained on this list before

http://foaf.markmail.org/thread/6mavqww3d6oii4dt

see RFC4398 and RFC4398


Henry


> Dan
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Stephen Schultze <sjs at princeton.edu>
> Date: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 4:39 PM
> Subject: [keyassure] CA-related event in DC on Friday
> To: keyassure at ietf.org
> 
> 
> Hey all, those of you in the DC area you may be interested in an event
> my research center is hosting along with New America Foundation.  The
> full description is below.  Video will be available after the event.
> 
> ==
> 
> Emerging Threats to Online Trust: The Role of Public Policy and
> Browser Certificates
> http://citp.princeton.edu/events/emerging-threats-to-online-trust/
> 
> Date: Friday, October 22, 2010
> Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
> Location: New America Foundation, 1899 L Street, NW, 4th Floor,
> Washington DC 20036
> Hashtag: #ethreats
> 
> Hosted by Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy and the
> New America Foundation
> 
> Every day, we rely on our web browsers to keep our communications
> secure. Whether we are submitting our credit card for purchases, doing
> online banking, or sending email, the same fundamental security
> structure is being used. The lock icon displayed by web browsers might
> give users reason to believe that the prevailing "certificate"-based
> model is trustworthy, but the reality is that many vulnerabilities
> exist and the risks are multiplying. Hundreds of different entities
> located around the world have the ability to issue fraudulent
> certificates that will nevertheless be trusted by our browsers.
> Overcoming the shortcomings in the current model and working toward a
> better model requires cooperation of corporations, the government,
> developers, and users. Many of the most difficult challenges are not
> technical in nature but rather social or political.
> 
> Keynote:
> Andrew McLaughlin, White House Deputy CTO, Internet Policy
> 
> Panelists:
> Peter Eckersley, Senior Staff Technologist, Electronic Frontier Foundation
> Adam Langley, Senior Software Engineer, Google
> Scott Rea, Senior PKI Architect, DigiCert
> Paul Vixie, President, Internet Software Consortium
> 
> Respondents:
> Ari Schwartz, Senior Internet Policy Advisor, National Institute of
> Standards and Technology
> Andy Steingruebl, Manager, Internet Standards and Governance, PayPal
> 
> This event is free and open to the public. Please rsvp at:
> http://www.newamerica.net/events/2010/online_trust
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