Trust model - Web of trust

Trust model - Web of trust

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A web of trust is a trust model defined in the OpenPGP standard that relies on users to establish the authenticity of the binding between a public key and its owner.

Without a central controller (e.g., a CA), users depends on other users for trust.

Each public key is:

  • bound to a username or an e-mail address known as User-Id.
  • published to a server

Its decentralized trust model is an alternative to the centralized trust model of a x.509 hierarchical public key infrastructure, which relies exclusively on a a hierarchy of certificate authority.

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