= Strengthening a Curated Web of Trust in a Geographically Distributed Project =

by Gunnar Wolf, Gina Gallegos-García

== Abstract/Summary ==

In this paper we present a trust management scheme, derived from the horizontal and almost anarchic Web of Trust model, but following a curatorship step that allows it to become a centerpiece for authentication in Debian, one of the largest and longest lived free software projects and producer of the eponymous GNU/Linux software distribution. This is done by analizing the experience gained through a large-scale key migration process that spanned five years and nearly 100% of the originally existing keys, carried out attempting to minimize loss of keyring connectivity and strength, while keeping up to date with the best current security practices.

== References ==

 Official source:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2016.1238421
 PDF available:: http://gwolf.org/node/4088

== Citation ==

Strengthening a curated web of trust in a geographically distributed project
Gunnar E. Wolf and Gina Gallegos-García
Cryptologia

Currently available online only; volume and number expected to be available after print publiation, by May 2017.

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