Re: WEbID Todos

On 8 October 2012 12:39, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 8 October 2012 13:34, Ben Laurie <benl@google.com> wrote:
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>> On 8 October 2012 11:28, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On 8 October 2012 11:36, Ben Laurie <benl@google.com> wrote:
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>> >> On 6 October 2012 08:48, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
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>> >> > WebID is actually 2 specs.
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>> >> > 1. The first part is authentication via your public key which is a
>> >> > IFP
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>> >> > your identity.  In certain circumstances (ie caching, just like
>> >> > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ) you can be done here and it operates like
>> >> > SSH.
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>> >> > (1) I think solves the unlinkability problem
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>> >> How? Clearly the public key makes all authentications that use it
>> >> linkable.
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>> > You're absolutely right.  We discussed this topic a bit more in the
>> > WebID CG
>> > group over the weekend.
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>> > You'd have to either
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>> > 1) Change key every time
>> > 2) Use a widely used shared key e.g. if we set one up at
>> > http://webid.info/#anonymous
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>> > However, the easy option if you want anonymity (which I believe
>> > unlinkability is related to) is not to send a certificate at all.  This
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>> > much of the normal flow as you should only need to send the cert when
>> > logging in, and you can hit 'cancel' on all major browsers.
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>> How do you log in, then? That is, how do I get linkability between
>> sessions at a particular site but not between sessions at different
>> sites?
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> There is a different dialog in each browser.  I think henry has screenshots
> of them all.
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> If you look at this screencast:
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> http://webid.info/
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> From 4m30s -> 6m00 It will show you some of the different UIs

You miss my point: if the advice is that to remain unlinkable, don't
use a cert, then how do I log in to a site I want to log into but do
not want to give the ability to link me to other sites?

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>> > Or even easier use a different browser / different browser profile.
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Received on Monday, 8 October 2012 11:49:20 UTC