Re: [Ayatana] Secure Identity Design

[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Martin,


I wouldnt recommend adding it to the me-menu at all. Putting it in
accessories and just having it there would be a lot better. The reason
is kinda obvious most users dont use gpg keys and wouldnt have any need
for them to be there. Maybe you could add it to about-me instead.

Great idea though and id love to add some of the goodness to fix the
quickly gpg, ssh mess at the moment.

On a side note the whole trust requests thing goes right over my head it
would be one of those features that I would completely ignore or just
hit accept for everything. 

--fagan

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 14:55 -0400, Martin Owens wrote:
> Dear Ayatana,
> 
> Myself and a few others have been working on a concept to improve the
> functionality and ease of use of the gpg key system we use. This project
> code named starfish[1] would be hopefully something average users can
> discover and take advantage of as well as making it easier for us geeks
> to deal with.
> 
> I would really like your critique of these rough designs for the system:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Starfish/Design
> 
> I have attempted to show the workflow from not having an identity
> (published gpg key) to discovering the possibility, setting it up and
> then creating a network of trust.
> 
> What I am most unsure about is linking the concept of trust with the
> idea of 'friendship', I couldn't think of a better way to explain the
> link between people. Perhaps if any of you have some good ideas you
> could share them with us.
> 
> Best Regards, Martin Owens
> 
> [1] https://launchpad.net/starfish
> Tags: python, gpg, encryption, identity, trust
> 
> 
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