Reviews for Going Mobile: Building the Real-Time Enterprise with Mobile Applications that Work

The average rating for Going Mobile: Building the Real-Time Enterprise with Mobile Applications that Work based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-01 00:00:00 Francisco Laboy Iii This is an MIT effort to ground the PGP "web of trust" universe in a paper document. PGP was originally conceived as something used among small groups of people who already knew each other. When its use grew into larger areas, people discovered that it was rather awkward to be sure the key you have really identifies the person you know--indeed, that "knowing" of the person took on newer and vaguer meanings. This is in sharp contrast to the "Certifying Authorities" used in other common crypto-systems, such as SSL: with those, there is a canonical list of trustworthy keys, built into your browser, and your browser trusts a new key if it's signed by a known-good key. But the "bootstrapping" effect of having that initial list of trustworthy keys depends on commercial interests and relationships (though you're probably not aware of that), and doesn't fit the culture that surrounds PGP. MIT stepped in, providing a paper-based document, like a phone book, as that initial list of trustworthies. It's still valid for that purpose, but as a practical matter the function has been superseded by a web site now:

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-15 00:00:00 Sam Breakstone I'm starting a book club dedicated to books my friends aren't reading. We're starting slow with this, surely a safe choice.