Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Purodha Blissenbach < [email protected]> wrote: > The idea is that third parties can publish texts, such as theis statutes, > via a open or public wiki, and readers can be sure to read, download, sign, > and mail the originals. Another use would be to have pledges and petitions > signed by many people. Etc. It is not about WMF-run Wikis. > > Purodha > > > On 13.09.2015 18:09, Greg Grossmeier wrote: > >> I guess this is to guard against the WMF changing content behind the >> scenes? Through court order or otherwise? >> >> The pages are already cryptographically signed for transmission (tls), so >> you know you get what WMF servers want you to get, at least. >> >> Greg >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone, please excuse brevity. >> On Sep 13, 2015 6:45 AM, "John" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> why do they need signed in the first place? >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Purodha Blissenbach < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > In a discussion in the German Pirate Party the idea came up that we >>> might >>> > want to have cryptographically signed wiki pages. >>> > I could not find that this has been implemented already anyhow. >>> > >>> > Thus, can we develop an extsion which provides cryptographically signed >>> > wiki pages? >>> > >>> > A brief and preliminaly scetch would mean that any user who provides a >>> > matching public key could sign any existing page. >>> > Before a page + signature is saved, the signature is checked for >>> vadility. >>> > Editing a siged page is possible without resigning it. >>> > There must be a page display allowing to copy+paste the page with >>> > signature for external verification. >>> > Therre should be a button triggering the verifivation via an external >>> > online service. >>> > Maybe signature display of signed pages should be suppressable. >>> > Any numer of independent signatures must be possible to a page. >>> > >>> > Does that make sense? Anything vital forgotten? >>> > >>> > Feedback welcome. >>> > >>> > Greetings -- Purodha >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Wikitech-l mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
