[tor-talk] Convergence.io + Tor

[Roc Admin]

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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Roc Admin <onionroutor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey, it's been a while so I'm sorry if this has already been
> discussed. Hadn't seen it in the archives
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> I wanted to bring up the subject of Convergence.io as it fits in with
> Tor. Details here: http://convergence.io/
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> The short version of it is that it's a replacement to the current CA
> system. Instead of relying on a single entity for validation, it
> applies a web-of-trust style validation process. For example, you
> would install a bunch of trusted notaries into your browser so that
> when you visit an SSL enabled site, the certificate is validated
> between all of them so that you hopefully come to a consensus (or at
> least a majority) about the authenticity of that cert. There's a lot
> more to it but you can read about it yourself.
>
> My thought is that if implemented correctly (which it's currently
> not), this could get more people to enable SSL on their sites with
> their own self signed certificate thereby making Tor browsing more
> secure. Secondly, hosting notaries as hidden services may be a good
> way to implement this on the Tor network.
>
> Also it seems like Moxie is attempting to implement some of the same
> infrastructure paradigms that Tor has already so I wonder if anything
> can be applied that Tor already has learned.
>
> Moxie's talking about Convergence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Wl2FW2TcA
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