Kevin Mitnick @ /., mistakes the CA model with the “web of trust”. CA model was the transposition of the lobby-concept in Internet, WoT is the chain of trust that every human had with their pairs.
With the recent hacks on Certificate Authorities, I would count on SSL becoming obsolete in the future and being replaced with a new, more robust secure standard, since the “web of trust” is no longer a feasible model.
This chain of trust, never can be replaced, simply, has been stopped to be implemented after the PGP WoT model.
About vecna
Claudio Agosti (I, in this section) is currently working in some projects involving: steganography, anonymity, deep level networking, voip and mobile network security and online human right protection. Mix well, put a sprinkle of anti-forensic, serve cold. The worst issue in those really cool projects is that no one is financing me, thus sometime I need to work. Jobs actually include developing and few security issue to manage. Dreams ? A world where everyone has N-pseudonyms, certified by web of trust security model. I'm not "security certified" except lifeguard, I'm bored by penetration testing, and my future is painted with javascript. keywords: vecna, s0ftpj, sniffjoke, globaleaks, winston smith project, elettra.
