-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Subject: Re: Webs of Trust vs Trees of Trust On Apr 20, 14:45, Norman Hardy wrote: } Subject: Webs of Trust vs Trees of Trust } As I understand RIPEM there is a tree of agencies such that everyone } must trust all elements of the tree between him and the root. I just want to point out (as has been pointed out before) that it is a mistake to confuse RIPEM with PEM. RIPEM is an implementation of a subset of PEM. At this moment, RIPEM has absolutely no support for certificates or signed public keys. PEM on the other hand, is a draft internet standard which requires certificates and a hierarchy that can be described as a "Tree of Trust". There are at least a couple of full PEM implementations. Probably the best known at this point is the one from T.I.S. which is currently in beta test. Apologies in advance for cluttering the mailboxes of the majority of cypherpunks who already know this. Mark - -- Mark Henderson mch@squirrel.wimsey.bc.ca markh@wimsey.bc.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.2 iQCVAgUBK9S+T+I11LPFgBXjAQF9EwP+J69peq9ccWAvKIlzVRI88QbD5ZN4RIwA GmVw8FzOCAu0tK3MQqoeBu+//gQfD6MoEBeGXvBzXJffNGVc2UvPk8vr/uB1y9Je K5y7mlQNrGoil9wxv6kR9IgVgHzkOsXBSo3Uv/ldpVQL82jR4Ms0qccF8fAcjpHB wDtNiEZkPc4= =Yo4O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----