Konfidi Compared: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:24, 26 January 2008

These are some key differences I have noticed; far from complete.

authentication + profile exchange + authenticated messaging + other features
Your URL as identifier (you must set up CGI scripts there)
public LID service in beta at http://mylid.net/
No central registry of URLs
Uses an open-ended list of vocabularies, e.g. VCARDS, FOAF
Manages identity (who can know what about you...)
- Explicitly list which individuals and/or groups can see what
does use pgp
See also LID compared to other systems

"trust" denoted by limited public key sharing (they use a proprietary format of keypairs)
applied to email only
email marked with an inline footer
seems that it runs locally and intercepts SMTP, IMAP, and POP connections
free only for non-commercial use

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 * tags (folksonomy-style) for topicality, used only as a tie-breaker
 * cryptographic security?
-== [http://openid.net/ OpenID] ==
-* authentication only (no trust)
-* Your URL as identifier (you can set up CGI scripts there, or use a delegated server by adding two lines to your HTML document's HEAD section)
-* public service through LiveJournal.com
-* doesn't seem to be generic enough to use for email or other contexts
-* Konfidi could be modified to use OpenID instead of PGP as an ID mechanism
 == [http://www.ciphire.com/ Ciphire] ==
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 == [http://www.sixapart.com/typekey/ TypeKey] ==
-== [http://spf.pobox.com/ Sender Policy Framework] ==
-== [http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ DomainKeys Identified Mail] ==
-Formerly [http://www.identifiedmail.com/ Identified Internet Mail] and [http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKeys]
-A way to verify that an email came from a certain domain and/or email address.  So an alternative to PGP-signing as a way to show authenticity.
-Differences with PGP-signing: headers (e.g. Subject:) are included in the signature; keys may have variable levels of granularity, e.g.: *@domain.org, user-*@domain.org, user@domain.org