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It's actually extremely easy to distribute something signed so that you're sure it's "authentic", at least that no bits are wrong. Assuming that somewhere in th
by SQueeeeeL 4y ago
It's actually extremely easy to distribute something signed so that you're sure it's "authentic", at least that no bits are wrong. Assuming that somewhere in the chain, there exists trust. But it's the same with books, you have no way to know a book is authentic without buying it from a valid store
- lliamander 4y agoTrue, though the process of establishing the trust and authenticity around digitally signed artifacts is not as widely established or disseminated as it is with print media. Also, establishing what a signature means often requires out-of-band information. I really like the concept of annotations for a signature that would communicate the signer's relationship to the work: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1545 http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1545