The Web of Trust abolishes the whole idea of a central CA and
places the responsibility for identity verification in the hands of
the users.
NOTEThe general design of the X.509 certificates used on websites does differ
from the OpenPGP keypair. The two are not interchangeable because
they use different algorithms and include different information, but the
underlying technology is the same (much as a convertible and a pickup
resemble each other).
Web of Trust
The Web of Trust is the global network of people who have
identified each other and digitally signed each other’s Open-
PGP keys. The Web of Trust is composed entirely ...
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