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Web of Trust

nounid 4651·updated May 9, 2026
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A web of trust is the trust that naturally evolves as a user starts to trust other's signatures, and the signatures that they trust.

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Entity Type

Control72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Web of Trusts
possessive
Web of Trust's
pluralpossessive
Web of Trusts'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
A web of trust is the trust that naturally evolves as a user starts to trust other's signatures, and the signatures that they trust.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A web of trust is the trust that naturally evolves as a user starts to trust other's signatures, and the signatures that they trust.
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