- From: Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 22:49:41 -0500
- To: public-webpayments@w3.org
On 11/02/2015 06:06 PM, David Nicol wrote: > you don't do that. Which is not acceptable for many people. Follow-up: What happens when your key is no longer cryptographically secure? In short, my view is that identifiers and keys should be loosely coupled so that the loss of a key or a change in its security/effectiveness will not necessarily cause the permanent loss of your identity. > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Manu Sporny > <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: >> On 11/02/2015 05:25 PM, David Nicol wrote: >>> I'm of the opinion that a hash of a public key makes a fine DHT >>> handle for an identity that can be validated by demonstration of >>> access to the matching private key. >> >> What happens when you lose the private key associated with >> matching public key? >> >> -- manu >> >> -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu >> Sporny) Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: Web Payments: The >> Architect, the Sage, and the Moral Voice >> https://manu.sporny.org/2015/payments-collaboration/ > > > -- Dave Longley CTO Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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