%% You should probably cite draft-pep-trustwords instead of this I-D. @techreport{birk-pep-trustwords-00, number = {draft-birk-pep-trustwords-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-birk-pep-trustwords/00/}, author = {Volker Birk and HernĂ¢ni Marques and Bernie Hoeneisen}, title = {{pretty Easy privacy (pEp): Trustwords concept}}, pagetotal = 6, year = ** No value found for 'doc.pub_date.year' **, month = ** No value found for 'doc.pub_date' **, day = ** No value found for 'doc.pub_date.day' **, abstract = {In public-key cryptography comparing the public keys' fingerprints of the communication partners involved is vital to ensure that there is no man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack on the communication channel. Fingerprints normally consist of a chain of hexadecimal chars. However, comparing hexadecimal strings is often impractical for regular users and prone to misunderstandings. To mitigate these challenges, this memo proposes the comparision of trustwords as opposed to hexadecimal strings. Trustwords are common words in a natural language (e.g., English) to which the hexidecimal strings are mapped to. This makes the verification process more natural.}, }