Petname

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Petname
Developed by Tyler Close
Latest release 0.18 / Nov 4, 2006
OS Cross-platform
Genre Mozilla extension
License  ?
Website addons.mozilla.org
Mozilla Firefox
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PetName Systems are naming systems that possess all three naming properties - global, secure, and memorable [1]. Software that uses such a system can satisfy all three requirements.

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CapDesk and Polaris

[edit] Firefox Extension

There is an extension available for Firefox that allows petnames to be assigned to secure websites.

[edit] PetName Markup Language

The PetName Markup Language (PNML) is an XML proposal for using Petname systems ubiquitously[2].

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PNML consists of two tags:

<pn>pet-name-string</pn>

<key>stringified-cryptographic-key</key>

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