Rebooting the Web-of-Trust
This repository contains documents related to the "Rebooting the Web-of-Trust" series of events in the fall of 2015 and early 2106.
DesignShop November 3rd & 4th, 2015
The first DesignShop event, to be held in the Bay Area on November 3rd & 4th 2015, is a facilitated, invite-only event focused on creating the next generation of decentralized web-of-trust based identity systems. The goal of this initial DesignShop is to generate 5 technical white papers and/or proposals on topics decided by the group that will have the greatest impact on the future.
Topics & Advance Readings
In advance of the November DesignShop, all participants are requested to post in the Topics and Advanced Readings folder a 1 or 2 page topics paper to be shared with other attendees on either:
- A specific problem that you'd like to solve with a web-of-trust solution, and why current solutions (pgp or ca-based pki) can't address the problem?
- A specific solution related to the web-of-trust that you'd like others to use or contribute to?
These papers include (so far):
- Avoiding Confused Deputy Attack Using Capabilities - by Tyler Close <tyler.close@gmail.com>
- Blockchain-based Trust for Software Components - by Sean Gilligan @msgilligan <sean@msgilligan.com>
- Blockchain Tech Opportunities in the Web-of-Trust - by Peter Todd @PeterToddBTC <pete@petertodd.org>
- Building a Web of Trust for E-commerce - by Michael Folkson @michaelfolkson <michaelfolkson@gmail.com>
- Cool hack with XDI graphs, blockstore, link contracts, and cryptographic identifiers - by Markus Sabadello @Peacekeper <markus@projectdanube.org>
- Hierarchical Deterministic Keys: BIP32 & Beyond - by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com> & Shannon Appelcline @Appelcline <ShannonA@skotos.net>
- Key Transparency for End Users — by Joseph Bonneau @JosephBonneau <jbonneau@cs.stanford.edu>
- Linked Local Names — by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com>
- PGP Paradigm - by Jon Callas - @JonCallas <jon@crypto.expert> & Phil Zimmerman - <prz@mit.edu>
- PKI Tools in EVM-based blockchains - by ChristianLundkvist - @ChrisLundkvist <christian.lundkvist@consensys.net>
- Progressive Trust - by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com>
- Reputation and the Real World - by Randy Farmer @FRandallFarmer <randy.farmer@pobox.com>
- Schnorr Signatures: An Overview - by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com> & Shannon Appelcline @Appelcline <ShannonA@skotos.net>
- Secret Handshake: Key Exchange as a Capability System - by Dominic Tarr @DominicTarr <dominic.tarr@gmail.com>
- Thin Clients - by Greg Slepak @TaoEffect <hi@okturtles.com>
- XDI Link Contracts: An Overview - by Drummond Reed @DrummondReed <drummond@respect.network>
Invitations
If you would like an invitation to this DesignShop, please email Christopher Allen ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com about why you wish to participate as well as send a topic paper relevant to your specific needs and/or offerings in the field of web-of-trust technologies.