Re: WebID Frustration

On 8/6/13 7:02 PM, Sarven Capadisli wrote:
> On 08/06/2013 01:37 PM, Hugh Glaser wrote:
>> Well, RWW.IO looked exciting, so I decided to start with it.
>> And it seemed a good idea to have an account, so I decided I would 
>> finally create a WebID login - I know that lots of people think that 
>> this is the Way Ahead.
>> I have a foaf file (actually more than one), and trawling the web, it 
>> seems that I if I have a foaf file I can use it for WebID.
>> I certainly don't want to create it on some other site - I need 
>> another account like I need a hole in the head - in fact, that is 
>> what is meant to be good about WebID!
>> Surely it isn't "Just one last new account".
>>
>> Anyway, you can guess that a while later I still don't seem to have 
>> managed it.
>> I have read any number of pages that give me "simple" guides to doing 
>> stuff, with links to things that should help, etc. (often dead).
>> I confess that I was definitely looking for the easiest way - for 
>> example, downloading a program to run just doesn't seem the sort of 
>> thing I want to do for something that is meant to be simple.
>> Sorry if that all sounds provocative, but I am a bit frustrated!
>>
>> So have I missed something here?
>> Is there really not a page that will really work for me?
>> I'm using Safari on a Mac, by the way.
>> And I'm trying to login in to https://hugh.rww.io
>>
>> Best
>> Hugh
>
> Just dropping this here for anyone that finds it useful.
>
> The following will get you a public key that you can use in your WebID 
> profile, a certificate that you can use to digitally sign your emails 
> as well as to authenticate from your Web browser:
>
> Create a public/private key as you would to SSH to networks:
>
> $ ssh-keygen
>
> Add your URI and email in openssl.cnf, then create the certificate 
> using your private key from above. Import from your email client:
>
> $ openssl req -x509 -new -config openssl.cnf -days 36500 -key id_rsa 
> -out id_rsa.crt
>
> Export to PKCS #12 and import from your browser:
>
> $ openssl pkcs12 -export -in id_rsa.crt -inkey id_rsa -out id_rsa.p12
>
> Copy/paste certificate signature value into your WebID profile.
>
> -Sarven
> http://csarven.ca/#i
>

Sarven,

I've placed the tips above in an HTML document at 
<http://kingsley.idehen.net/DAV/home/kidehen/Public/Linked%20Data%20Documents/WebID-ACL-Demos/make-webid-profile-document-using-ssh-tools> 
.

As per recent my WebID, WebID+TLS, and ACL dogfooding post [1][2][3], 
the document is available Read-Only to the public while being available 
in Read-Write mode to identities than can be verified using WebID+TLS 
protocol :-)

Links:

1. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/2013Aug/0033.html -- 
Simple WebID, WebID+TLS Protocol, and ACL Dogfood Demo .
2. 
http://kingsley.idehen.net/DAV/home/kidehen/Public/Linked%20Data%20Documents/WebID-ACL-Demos/simple-shared-turtle-doc.ttl 
-- dogfood exercise Turtle document .
3. http://bit.ly/188YVZv -- Linked Data browser view of the evolving 
Turtle doc .

-- 

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