From bf798d293390499075b0039b269dc8fe247ef18f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teus Hagen
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:49:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added 50/100 assurance points minimum 2/3 assurances needed
again. Commented out what goes in cert impl policy and ass. handbook. Added
chapter numbering.
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Assurance Policy for CAcert Community Members
@@ -36,25 +34,25 @@ Next status: DRAFT June 2008
0. Preamble
Definitions of terms:
-- Member
+- Member
- A Member is an individual who has agreed to the CAcert
Community Agreement (CCA) and has created successfully
a CAcert login account on the CAcert web site.
-- Assurance
+- Assurance
- Assurance is the process by which a Member of CAcert
Community (Assurer) identifies an individual (Assuree).
- Prospective Member
- An individual who has been assured in an Assurance
process, but has not yet created successfully a CAcert login account.
-- Name
+- Name
- A Name is the full name of an individual, with all
components of that name.
- (Title(s), first name(s), family name(s), name extensions,
abbreviation of name(s), etc.
The Name is technically spoken a string exactly taken e.g. from a
governmental issued photo ID.)
-- Secondary Distinguishing Feature
+
- Secondary Distinguishing Feature
(DoB)
- A Name for an individual is discriminated from similar
full names by a secondary distinguished feature, as recorded on the
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ on-line CAcert (web) account.
The CAcert Web of Trust
At each Assurance one allocates a number of Assurance Points,
applied to the assured Member. By combining the Assurances, and the
-Assurance Points, CAcert constructs a global Web-of-Trust
+Assurance Points, CAcert constructs a global Web-of-Trust
or
"WoT".
CAcert explicitly chooses to meet its various goals by
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ experience and circumstances. It is also more readable.
and CAcert Policy Statement (CPS).
1. Assurance Purpose
-The purpose of Assurance is to add confidence
+
The purpose of Assurance is to add confidence
in the Assurance Statement made by the CAcert Community of a Member.
With sufficient assurances, a Member may: (a) issue
certificates
@@ -128,9 +126,9 @@ by
the Assurance Points.
Relying Party Statement
The primary goal of the Assurance Statement is for the express
-purpose of certificates to meet the needs of the Relying
+purpose of certificates to meet the needs of the Relying
Party
-Statement, which latter is found in the Certification
+Statement, which latter is found in the Certification
Practice
Statement (CPS).
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ Statement (CPS
may
be incorporated, e.g. Name. Other parts may be implied, e.g.
Membership, exact account and status. They all are part of the
-Relying Party Statement. In short, this means that
+Relying Party Statement. In short, this means that
other
Members of the Community may rely on the information verified by
Assurance and found in the certificate.
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ nature of Assurance, the number of Assurance Points, and other
policies and processes should be understood as limitations on any
reliance.
2. The Member
-The Name in the CAcert login account
+2.1 The Name in the CAcert login account
At least one individual Name is recorded
in the
CAcert login account. The Name is recorded as a string of characters,
@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ the applicable level of 50 Assurance Point is defined as an Assured
Name. An Assured Name can be used in a certificate issued by CAcert.
A Member with at least one Assured Name has reached the Assured
Member status.
-Multiple Names and variations
+2.2. Multiple Names and variations
A Member may have multiple Names or multiple variations of a
Name.
For example, married name, variations of initials of first or middle
@@ -174,45 +172,41 @@ variations and transliterations of characters in a name.
The login account may record multiple Names. Each of the
Assured
Names can be selected to be used in a certificate issued by CAcert.
-FOLLOWING GOES TO ASSURER HANDBOOK
-Comparison of names
-Transliteration
+
+2.3. Status and Capabilities
A Member has the following capabilities derived from
Assurance:
@@ -450,7 +444,7 @@ Community.
4. The Assurance
-The Assurance Process
+4.1. The Assurance Process
The Assurer conducts the process of Assurance with each
Member.
The process consists of:
@@ -484,7 +478,7 @@ Assuree (Mutual Assurance);
forms by Assurer.
-Mutual Assurance
+4.2. Mutual Assurance
Mutual Assurance follows the principle of reciprocity. This
means
that the Assurance may be two-way, and that each member participating
@@ -497,21 +491,21 @@ procedure and process, and is responsible for the results.
the
Assurer, and reduces any sense of power. It is also an important aid
to the assurance training for future Assurers.
-Evidence of Assurer status
+4.3. Evidence of Assurer status
On the question of providing evidence that one is an Assurer,
CAcert Policy Statement (CPS)
-says: "The level at which each Member is Assured is public
+says: "The level at which each Member is Assured is public
data. The number of Assurance Points for each Member is not
-published..".
-Assurance Points
+published..".
+4.4. Assurance Points
The Assurance applies Assurance Points to each Member which
measure the increase of confidence in the Statement (above).
Assurance Points should not be interpreted for any other purpose.
-Note that, even though they are sometimes referred to as Web-of-Trust
-(Assurance) Points, or Trust Points, the meaning
+Note that, even though they are sometimes referred to as Web-of-Trust
+(Assurance) Points, or Trust Points, the meaning
of the word
'Trust' is not well defined.
-Assurance Points Allocation
+
Assurance Points Allocation
An Assurer can allocate a
number of Assurance Points to the Member according to the Assurer's
experience (Experience Point system, see below). The allocation of
@@ -534,11 +528,11 @@ information presented:
Any lesser confidence should result in less Assurance Points
for a
Name. If the Assurer has no confidence in the information presented,
-then zero Assurance Points may be allocated by
+then zero Assurance Points may be allocated by
the Assurer.
For example, this may happen if the identity documents are totally
-unfamiliar to the Assurer. The number of Assurance Points from zero
-to maximum is guided by the Assurance Handbook
+unfamiliar to the Assurer. The number of Assurance Points from zero
+to maximum is guided by the Assurance Handbook
and the
judgement of the Assurer.
Multiple Names should be allocated separately in a single
@@ -548,23 +542,23 @@ reciprocal process a maximum of 2 Assurance Points, according to his
judgement. The Assurer should strive to have the Member allocate
according to the Member's judgement, and stay on the cautious side a
maximum of Assurance Points per Name; a (new) Member new to the
-assurance process should allocate zero Assurance
+assurance process should allocate zero Assurance
Points
until they get some confidence in what is happening.
-To reach 50 Assurance Points for a Name the
-Member must
+
To reach 50 Assurance Points for a Name the Member must
have had at least two assurances on that Name: the Assured Member has
-at least one Name assured, the Assured Name. To reach 100 Assurance
+at least one Name assured, the Assured Name.
+To reach 100 Assurance
Points, at least one Name of the Assured Member must have been
-assured at least three times.
-The maximum number of
+assured at least three times.
+The maximum number of
Assurance
Points, which can be allocated for a Name assurance under this policy
and subsidiary policies is 50 Assurance Points.
If there is negative confidence the Assurer should consider
filing
a dispute.
-Experience Points
+4.5. Experience Points
The maximum number of Assurance Points that may be awarded by
an
Assurer is determined by the Experience Points of the Assurer.
@@ -574,10 +568,10 @@ Assurer is determined by the Experience Points of the Assurer.
- Assurer's Experience Points
+Assurer's Experience Points
|
- Allocatable Assurance Points
+Allocatable Assurance Points
|
@@ -646,7 +640,7 @@ permanently to an Assurer by CAcert Inc.'s Committee (board), on
recommendation from the Assurance Officer.
Experience Points are not to be confused with Assurance
Points.
-CAcert Assurance Programme (CAP) form
+4.6. CAcert Assurance Programme (CAP) form
The CAcert Assurance Programme (CAP)
form requests the following details of each Member or Prospective
Member:
@@ -746,13 +740,13 @@ processes. Each must be covered by an approved Subsidiary Policy
Subsidiary Policies specify any additional tests of knowledge
required and variations to process and documentation, within the
general standard stated here.
-Standard
+6.1. Standard
Each Subsidiary Policy must augment and improve the general
standards in this Assurance Policy. It is the responsibility of each
Subsidiary Policy to describe how it maintains and improves the
specific and overall goals. It must describe exceptions and potential
areas of risk.
-High Risk Applications
+6.2. High Risk Applications
In addition to the Assurance or Experience Points ratings set
here
in and in other policies, Assurance Officer or policies can