[PLUG] Fwd: Analysis of PGP Keyrings (was Re: Netsurfer Digest: Vol. 07, #19)

[Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>]

> At 3:43 AM -0400 on 6/30/01, Netsurfer Digest wrote:
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> >  Analysis of PGP Keyrings
> >
> >  Crypto fans will be interested in this study of the PGP keyrings
> > available on public servers. M. Drew Streib set out to analyze the "web of
> > trust" which lies behind the PGP keyring structure. Basically, the keyring
> > servers contain individuals' key signatures, which are in turn affirmed -
> > or signed - by other users. This web of trust is based on who signs whose
> > key, i.e. who indicates who is trustworthy. Drew's study provides various
> > statistics about the keys and how they connect. The numbers are of
> > interest both from a statistical point of view and for what they indicate
> > about the social structure and connections between people who use PGP.
>  > <http://dtype.org/keyanalyze/> http://dtype.org/keyanalyze/

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