Keyrings for websites

[Janusz A. Urbanowicz]

On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 05:32:30PM +0100, B??r Kessels wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Op donderdag 8 februari 2007 15:36, schreef Joseph Oreste Bruni:
> > You might want to check out "Domain Keys" which is used to  
> > authenticate email sessions between MTA's.
> >
> > Also, peer-to-peer authentication can be accomplished via X.509  
> > certificates and SSL.
> 
> Ye, I am aware of the X.509 to authenticate servers. Also I know my way around 
> in the SSL "stuff". This, however, is a different thing then what I want to 
> achieve. I am not so much interested in secure connections, nor in 
> authentication, between peers.
> 
> What I want, is a way to say 'look, I am Foo.com, and I trust Bar.com 
> ultimately. Since you trust me, you can trust Bar.com too'. That way one can 
> allow sign-ins from other trusted sites, trackbacs etc. 
> 
> Thanks for the feedback, though.

Check out OpenID, although it is not cryptography based (AFAIK).

Alex

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