Web of Trust - goals and status

Goals:

• Small trusted codebase: proof validator plus signature validator.
• Expressive power allows real trust structure to be expressed
• Simple system allows security verification (Privacy, confidentiality, etc)

Status

• Existing research demonstrates feasibility eg PCA (Felten, Appel)
• cwm simple integration of cryptography and inference
• Some base standards exist, eg. XML Digital Signature.
• Large research agenda