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I'm a bit reluctant to second-guess protocol design discussions, especially regarding security properties. Having a second signature on a cert can be seen to add risks of compromise and might add more failure modes -- how that security be balanced against centralisation issues is a discussion that needs to take place in the WG informed by drafts like this, not pre-determined by them.
Underlying that is something we might be able to tease out more questions, though -- e.g.,
- Is having a choice between multiple operators / suppliers (such as CAs) an effective technique against centralization?
- Does it depend on other factors (e.g., switching costs)?
- What's the relationship between centralization and short-term dependencies (e.g., your site going down and not having a backup cert take over, but coming back up relatively soon thereafter) vs. long-term lock-in (e.g., you being beholden to an operator/issuer for an extended period of time)?
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I've started to talk about friction and switching costs in "what is centralization?" Undoubtedly there could be more, but I want to let this stew for a little while first...
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- Multiple types HOT 1
- Switching costs HOT 1
- political HOT 1
- contextualise HOT 1
- Technofeudalism or the failure to capture the true (economic) effects of centralization HOT 1
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- Courts
- Creating pressure HOT 1
- General comment
- Security considerations HOT 1
- Complexity
- Explain 'network effects'
- Beneficial example
- Mastodon HOT 1
- Feedback from Cullen
- Conclusion
- Security Considerations
- Separate Beneficial Centralization
- Reorg? HOT 1
- text holding
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