2008/9/8 Sven Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi guys! > > What about generating a "unique-enough" ID via GPG or SSH, that is, > the user uses gpg, ssh, or alike to generate some key / ID once(!) and > puts this into, say, > /home/user/.nepomuk-id ? > Later on, this personal-ID generation can be done automatically by KDE > (without any user intervention). > The important thing is: when the user re-installs the system and copies > his old user folder, then he will still have the same ID. > > What do you think about that easy solution?
I think this is along the right tracks. As Sebastian explained any machine dependent fingerprint is broken because it may be replaced at any time... So the only real invariant is the person owning the data. For that we have SSH/GPG, but another alternative is OpenID. Using an OpenID instead it would be possible to use referral URLs as your id, ie mine is http://grillbar.org. This might be easier in terms of not having to back up and that when you ask to share data with someone, and you don't have to copy paste a full SSH key from your friends, but simply type in a URL. -- Cheers, Mikkel _______________________________________________ nepomuk-kde mailing list [email protected] http://lists.semanticdesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nepomuk-kde
