[cap-talk] Horton and Introductions

[Jed Donnelley]

At 08:57 PM 4/25/2008, John Carlson wrote:

>On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:18 AM, Jed Donnelley wrote:
>
> > At 06:20 PM 4/24/2008, John Carlson wrote:
> >> I just discovered the Horton website.  If Alice knows both Bob and
> >> Carol, how does Carol get introduced to Bob, assuming Alice is a
> >> operatorless computer program, and Bob and Carol are operated by
> >> human
> >> beings?
> >
> > Dave (some external party) introduces them.  E.g. see the Powerpoint
> > presentation:
>
>What is the nature of Dave?  What current technology provides the best
>way for people to get introduced?

I can't say about best, but there are all sorts of possibilities,
from organization directory (e.g. LDAP) services to encrypted email
from shared colleagues to other Web of trust approaches (e.g. cert
signing parties), etc.

--Jed  http://www.webstart.com/jed-signature.html