Re: Integration with traditional PKI schemes

On 1 August 2018 at 11:25, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 1 August 2018 at 09:57, Carlos Bruguera <cbruguera@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello everyone, I have a question with regard to "traditional" PKI such
>> as x.509 certificates. Much is said about DID/credentials as a substitute
>> or alternative to such hierarchical and centralized approachs, however, I
>> think it's more realistic envisioning the two "worlds" somehow integrating,
>> meaning that the DID ecosystem should provide means to incorporate such
>> centralized or federated technologies into it. That would definitely make
>> its adoption a matter of practical and low-friction transition, instead of
>> total "disruption".
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>> Is there any literature, ongoing work or specific aspect of the present
>> DID/credential development that allows an entity to utilize x.509
>> certificates as verificable credentials within the decentralized ecosystem?
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> I've been using this for about 10 years
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> https://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/spec/tls/
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> Not for everyone, but I absolutely love it. :)
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Note: this should work just fine with DID URIs, you would just need to
tweak the code to look up did: as well as http: and check the public key


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>> Regards,
>> Carlos
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