Has anyone been researching a web of trust mechanism based on diffie-hellmans?
GM
Has anyone been researching a web of trust mechanism based on diffie-hellmans?
GM
Never heard of DH WOT, got any resources for that?
Not really, i was just researching a bit about key rotation mechanism and diffie-hellman, the only thing i have its this answer from a llm, that seems interesting.
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1. User Key Generation: Every user should generate a public/private keypair upon registration. These keys will serve as the foundation for their digital identity within the social network.
2. Key Distribution: Users should publish their public keys to their profile page, allowing others to easily discover and retrieve them. Additionally, users should be able to import and manage the public keys of their contacts.
3. Trust Relationships: Allow users to express trust relationships with other users by digitally signing their public keys. This creates a "web of trust" where users vouch for the authenticity and integrity of other users' keys. To indicate varying levels of trust, you could introduce multiple trust levels (e.g., low, medium, high), which correspond to different confidence thresholds.
4. Web of Trust Calculation: Periodically calculate a global web of trust score for each user based on the number and quality of incoming trust relationships. This score could take into account factors such as the trust level assigned by the signer, the size and reputation of the signer's network, and the recency of the signature.
5. Visualizing Trust Ranks: Display the calculated trust ranks prominently on user profiles, making it easy for other users to assess their credibility and reliability. Optionally, you could also provide tools for visualizing the web of trust graph, highlighting clusters of highly trusted individuals and communities.
To actually implement the web of trust calculation, you could consider using techniques similar to those employed in PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) web of trust models. One possible approach is to define a weighted sum formula that combines various factors related to the trust relationships. For instance, let $T_{ij}$ denote the trust relationship from user $i$ to user $j$, where $t_ij \in {0, 1, ..., n}$ represents the trust level assigned by user $i$. Let $w_{ij} > 0$ represent the weight associated with this trust relationship, taking into account factors such as the size and reputation of user $i$'s network. Finally, let $N_j = \sum_i w_{ij}$ denote the total weight of all incoming trust relationships for user $j$. With these definitions in place, you could calculate the web of trust score for user $j$ as follows:
$$W\_j = \frac{\sum\_{i=1}^{m} t\_{ij} \cdot w\_{ij}}{N\_j}$$
This formula calculates the average trust level across all incoming trust relationships, weighted by the significance of each relationship. The resulting scores can then be normalized and displayed as percentages or scaled values, providing an intuitive representation of each user's trustworthiness.
By implementing a web of trust mechanism based on Diffie-Hellman key exchange, you can foster a more collaborative and transparent community while simultaneously reducing the risk of spam, fraud, and abuse.