Re: [Ayatana] [Starfish-team] Secure Identity Design

[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, Paul here, another developer with this project,

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Shane Fagan
<shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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

Humm, I can see how this would make sense.

> 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.

Well, that's what we're trying to fix, eh?

>
> 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.

Hurmmm. Do you have ideas for sorting this out and making it something
that makes sense? It's a pretty important part of the GPG process.

Is it too messy? Unclear? Too much work?

>
> --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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Thanks!
Paul

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