- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:19:26 +0100
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- CC: "public-rww@w3.org" <public-rww@w3.org>, WebID XG <public-xg-webid@w3.org>
Kingsley Idehen wrote: > All, > > Bootstrapping anything on the Web requires technology implementer to use > (dog-food) whatever technology they seek to promote to others. Thus, I > would like to encourage every participant in the RWW and WebID community > groups to make a best-effort to start signing emails, moving forward. > > Naturally, these emails should be signed using an WebID watermarked > X.509 certificate. Certificate generation choices include: > > 1. Native generators that come with your desktop OS -- Mac OS X, > Windows, and Linux all include such a utility > 2. Certificate generators from WebID IdPs -- I have a list here: > http://delicious.com/kidehen/webid+webid_idp (ping me if you have a > generator that's unlisted) . > > Over the last year or so, I've written a number of how-to guides [1] > covering how to sign emails across all the major native email clients. > > Once again, if we don't sign our emails we loose a simple opportunity to > showcase the utility of WebIDs and the WebID authentication protocol. > Being able to follow-your-nose from a WebID that watermarks an email > senders certificate is a very simple utility showcase for both WebID and > Linked Data. > > We can do this! > > Links: > > 1. http://bit.ly/VTnxzz -- collection of G+ hosted howtos (for all the > major native email clients) covering how to digitally sign emails . > Why? what do I gain from doing this - consider me a naive outsider
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