[cap-talk] Firefox breaks the principle of identifiability

[Ian G]

David Wagner wrote:

>I have trouble believing that something as extreme as the crypto-purist's
>worldview is ever going to be workable in the real world -- at least,
>not as the complete answer.  As much as the security geek in me cringes
>at the thought of advocating a global root of trust like Verisign, I
>think there is an argument that something short of the crypto-purist's
>stance might be required, at least in many cases.
>  
>

I think your characterisation is useful for
today, but I'm not so pessimistic about not "ever
going to be workable."  Consider p2p, and
the spaces of similar places.  In that world,
everyone deals through an agent, and ever
communication is technically layered, even
if we spend most of our time trying to hide
the technical layering.

iang

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