SSL Certificate Authorities vs. Convergence, Perspectives 127
alphadogg writes "With all the publicity about breaches of SSL certificate authorities and a hack that exploits a vulnerability in the supposedly secure protocol, it's time to consider something else to protect Internet transactions. If only there were something else to turn to. Protecting SSL and its updated version TLS is vital because they support most e-commerce transactions by setting up end-to-end encrypted sessions that are authenticated, and that requires certificates that are verified by certificate authorities. One new model for authentication is called Convergence, and it similar to one being trialed at Carnegie Mellon University called Perspectives. Rather than trusted third parties whose trust can't be assured, SSL/TLS authentication would rely on a reputation system of verification."
Re:oh look (Score:1, Funny)
this story again.
Indeed. It's time we moved to new stories. Why do we keep mulling these tired old ones and zeros with the algorithms and the networks and their mathematics. Hasn't Slashdot beaten this intercomputing story to death yet? What about homestyling? What about Riverdance? Do you know how hard it is on the toes and the knees to do that jumping and vibrating? Did you know that the dance is not called Riverdance, but that that is just the name of that particular theatrical show of traditional Irish jumping and vibrating?