[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Anti-Nazi Authentication [Was: Tim's paranoid rant about Declan...]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hello Rich Graves <[email protected]>
and [email protected]
and "Declan B. McCullagh" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Bryce wrote:
...
> For the paranoid, it would be an added assurance that they are reading the
> original file at the original location. Otherwise, anybody could copy the
> Web page, modify it, and give it someone else's PGP signature.
...
So? I guess it's plagiarism, but there's nothing you can do about it
anyway. If someone wants to claim your words, let them sign.
...
> But yeah, it would look awfully silly, especially to the non-PGP-aware
> public. An unobstrusive PGP logo (below) would be great, and might become
> a status symbol, like those cheesy HTML validation service and Internet
> Audit Bureau logos (which I have used on a few pages).
>
> > Just put a "PGP signed" logo at the bottom of the
> > page. If the user clicks on it then it hrefs to a .asc
...
> Yeah, I like the idea of a standardized logo. A lot.
One other thing - what about inline images?
I guess you could put an MD5 hash of the image into the IMG tag,
as a new attribute (you don't necessarily want to sign each of the
images separately).
I'm not sure how to do links, but I guess for the time being you'd
leave them unsigned, with a disclaimer or something on the signature file.
Have a look at http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~jirib (my home page).
Is that more-or-less what you have in mind?
(Sorry about the cruddy logo - anybody a better artist than I am?)
Hope that makes sense...
Jiri
- --
If you want an answer, please mail to <[email protected]>.
On sweeney, I may delete without reading!
PGP 463A14D5 (but it's at home so it'll take a day or two)
PGP EF0607F9 (but it's at uni so don't rely on it too much)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6.2i
iQCVAwUBMRbq+yxV6mvvBgf5AQHUCgQAscQZb0fq9X+quFmOGGa/7D75yzbYeVjr
IPYDkyHo51Sd+mUUyD8Wt7EtepcVgp5FNEgej0KjjA4gNMbTccZUdp+VoWm0mIDW
qhENaWHvyFZ75+LuyeGqjd3WpvaI2yLzY5+48U5/iBo7XYMNuecZu7cRk+NmhZfv
dEFT4eWUwy4=
=Z14V
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----