Re: Getting Serious about WebID Bootstrap

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

Received on Friday, 28 September 2012 12:20:04 UTC