- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:32:14 -0400
- To: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
On 11/4/10 6:48 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > On 4 November 2010 23:24, Kingsley Idehen<kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: >> On 11/4/10 5:09 PM, Mischa Tuffield wrote: >> >> Drawing an analogy, this email is signed, I am not signed, the email has a >> uri identifying the person which sent, and they are quite different. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Mischa *2 [cents|pence] worth >> >>> Best, >>> >>> Nathan >>> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.12 (Darwin) >> >> iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJM0yETAAoJEJ7QsE5R8vfvsQoQALCxpsT7wfjSHLIiYsHCuf/8 >> KSXHqMMUBiHNJyc8asFyfA9+CGMOM3r3b/kmF5KNPmg49RB9bon5Jlb5fiCvBr5J >> TXYk+5s7iFpLENzhWhDJhCpIX8ZC/HBXDJ/Vpkjijesa3W+5dL/G+4RHYXCpUTi1 >> Rwc6FA57pZTb1NnKgmEdK6jCO4sZBhdkyCKaWwlvK1zig07XdP1/CVmblGWpaSuc >> oXJZ9cUf0gKnwI4NDO7B/PjgvfMH7/8pWVPx56f68rk/fnXaOB0aWbxCwuIuDeL/ >> obzLU1i7oxjnKD4TMdH+bULJAnZvndyLWPRJBorhfJQqfnvV9xAJGTWAWxf4G5Xh >> r5iHA5FsLIw1GFBuMhWHVsFXtuDhCXrXzWxOTlSPGx43/bIZtXeQbTXcbUvI5zGU >> RAU6etCOFuCEo46H+i0T5yJfUz0OhwjYNBSIqIZq/FDpt9rkCKNavXIhRmazKCoI >> l7Lh5zouk9UH+wuKfE4Z0yAbXDTgobmbqcZzKzBXgzx9B8haYuCEKXcbmBbWIt2h >> +p2OkAEBfngZZMtz2Wi5WQWE/dgv0cPjX19y9sHcXpaop6i9kFArQeCuYb/p+6fr >> G1FnjZYTOKWex9eQd88oxzlisFafyU8cgTX2VxEdiH6Ko7yD1wdhyAw8KYegEnL+ >> 4O+cZmx+6w0HQNwM2T5D >> =Q5HZ >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> Misca, >> >> Nice of you to bring this up, I've changed topic heading accordingly. >> >> Now imagine if your signature also included your WebID. Then my email client >> would verify your mails using the WebID protocol :-) >> >> Another example of the power of Linked Data! > Do you even need your WebID in your signature? No, not really. Got wires a little crossed, too much multi tasking today, even by my standards :-) I should be able to verify the sender of the a signed email by verifying the public key in my possession which boils down to S/MIME + WebID tweak. Thus, removing CA dependency by allowing self-signed certs. > What if your WebID pointed to your PGP credentials? That too, and will ultimately be on of the options, I suspect. Kingsley >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen >> President& CEO >> OpenLink Software >> Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >> Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen >> >> >> >> >> > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen President& CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen
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