This episode explains what the ideas are, and defers the technical detail to later articles. This introduction explains how global directories can benefit you, your family and your company. In short, a global directory is a way of retrieving contact information from others, using standard technology, so you can employ tools that download and update contact information without any input from you.
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TLS is the protocol that replaces SSL, best known for its protection of secure websites. Connections over TLS can greatly enhance security, but only when key management is properly implemented. When centrally managed, such as by X.509 CA's then all risk concentrates with that CA. Solutions like DANE help to lighten that burden, but decentral organisation of security is in fact a much more solid model. This article explains how to use OpenPGP-based TLS for security connections between systems.
This article is part of a series of articles about the global directory.
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