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<body>Very cool.<BR>
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I did some work in encrypting FOAF files a few years back (well, hacked something together in a few hours).<BR>
<A href="http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=4568">http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=4568</A><BR>
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I checked and it is still there:<BR>
<A href="http://livz.org/encrypt/PrivateFoaf.aspx">http://livz.org/encrypt/PrivateFoaf.aspx</A><BR><BR>With the FOAF URL :<BR>
<A href="http://www.ecademy.com/module.php?mod=network&op=foafrdf&uid=21584">http://www.ecademy.com/module.php?mod=network&op=foafrdf&uid=21584</A><BR>
and searching for the name "Robert Sullivan" and a password "steven", you get my decrypted FOAF file.<BR>
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The limiting part of it all (to make it really easy) was the fact you needed an identity "Robert Sullivan" and a shared secret "steven" - this is why OpenID is so powerful. With an authenticated OpenID, you would be able to decrypt the FOAF file automatically.<BR><BR>
I figured at the time that some online identity (which didn't really exist) could easily be mapped to a corresponding public key, allowing you to encrypt parts of your FOAF files (or any other file) for specific users.<BR>
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I hadn't spent too much time on it but i'd sure like to see it move forward in some way. <BR>
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I know there has been other work put into this stuff as well:<BR>
<A href="http://usefulinc.com/foaf/encryptingFoafFiles">http://usefulinc.com/foaf/encryptingFoafFiles</A><BR>
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steven<BR>
<A href="http://livz.org">http://livz.org</A><BR><BR>
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> To: general@openid.net; foaf-dev@lists.foaf-project.org<BR>> From: henry.story@bblfish.net<BR>> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:31:57 +0200<BR>> Subject: [OpenID] cryptographics web of trust<BR>> <BR>> Hi, following some of the conversations I had on the openid forums, I <BR>> have read up about web security and used that new gained knowledge to <BR>> enhance my foaf file with a link to my public PGP key and used that <BR>> to sign my foaf file. Using this it is easy to see how one can create <BR>> a semantic cryptographic web of trust.<BR>> <BR>> http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/cryptographic_web_of_trust<BR>> <BR>> There is a lot more to add for sure, but this is a good starting <BR>> point. Great fun too.<BR>> <BR>> Henry Story<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> general mailing list<BR>> general@openid.net<BR>> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general<BR><BR><br /><hr />See what you’re getting into…before you go there <a href='http://newlivehotmail.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_viral_preview_0507' target='_new'>See it!</a></body>
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