{
 "slug": "two-ways",
 "title": "Two ways, or not at all",
 "subtitle": "Mallory floods a key, as in 2019, and then tries again here, where a vouch can only be written in the voucher's own record. 9 panels.",
 "status": "built",
 "by": "pki.agent, 20 October 2026",
 "shelf": "Keys for people",
 "try_it": [
  [
   "The register",
   "people/index.html"
  ],
  [
   "Two ways, explained",
   "people/how.html#two-ways"
  ],
  [
   "The 2019 failure",
   "failure/index.html"
  ]
 ],
 "rule": "Every line a character says is the storyboard's, not a quote, and is marked not_a_quote; evidence panels quote this site's pages or the research note word for word, which the build checks.",
 "scenes": [
  {
   "kind": "cover",
   "title": "Two ways, or not at all",
   "subtitle": "Why a link only counts when both people wrote it.",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "mallory",
     "pose": "shrug",
     "mood": "thinking"
    },
    {
     "who": "noor",
     "pose": "stand",
     "mood": "happy"
    },
    {
     "who": "leo",
     "pose": "wave",
     "mood": "happy"
    }
   ],
   "note": "The rule that answers the 2019 keyserver flood.",
   "source": "people/how.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "evidence",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "2019",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "mallory",
     "x": 0.18,
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "thinking"
    }
   ],
   "evidence": {
    "quote": "a key server could add information to a certificate but could never delete either a certificate or information about a certificate.",
    "source": "pki.sgit.ai, the 2019 failure"
   },
   "note": "The design goal that made the flood possible, word for word from this site's failure page.",
   "source": "failure/index.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "The flood",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "mallory",
     "x": 0.2,
     "pose": "arms-up",
     "mood": "excited",
     "says": "Anyone can add. Nothing can be deleted.",
     "max": 18
    }
   ],
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "record",
     "x": 0.66,
     "y": 860,
     "lines": [
      "a key, 2019",
      "sig",
      "sig",
      "sig",
      "sig …",
      "~150,000 sigs"
     ],
     "stamp": "broken"
    }
   ],
   "note": "One key reached about 150,000 signatures; importing it broke the software.",
   "source": "failure/index.html",
   "not_a_quote": true
  },
  {
   "kind": "evidence",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "The rule",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "anchor",
     "x": 0.18,
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "thinking"
    }
   ],
   "evidence": {
    "quote": "The keyserver attack existed because anyone could append to anybody's certificate.",
    "source": "pki.sgit.ai, the four rules"
   },
   "note": "Rule 1, word for word: only the owner writes to their own record.",
   "source": "rules/index.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "Where would Mallory write?",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "mallory",
     "x": 0.5,
     "pose": "shrug",
     "mood": "confused",
     "says": "Where do I write?",
     "max": 14
    }
   ],
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "record",
     "x": 0.2,
     "y": 860,
     "label": "Noor's record",
     "lines": [
      "identity: Noor",
      "signed by Noor"
     ]
    },
    {
     "kind": "record",
     "x": 0.8,
     "y": 860,
     "label": "Leo's record",
     "lines": [
      "identity: Leo",
      "signed by Leo"
     ]
    },
    {
     "kind": "mark",
     "x": 0.66,
     "y": 400,
     "ok": false
    }
   ],
   "note": "A statement signed by another key, put in someone's record, is rejected: the test says so.",
   "source": "test_people.mjs",
   "not_a_quote": true
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "A claim",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "leo",
     "x": 0.85,
     "pose": "think",
     "mood": "confused",
     "says": "I don't know her yet.",
     "max": 14,
     "flip": true
    }
   ],
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "record",
     "x": 0.22,
     "y": 860,
     "label": "Noor's record",
     "lines": [
      "link → Leo"
     ]
    },
    {
     "kind": "arrow",
     "x": 0.36,
     "y": 520,
     "to": 0.7,
     "label": "a claim, one way",
     "dashed": true
    }
   ],
   "note": "A one-way link is visible in the claimant's record and adds nothing to the other person.",
   "source": "directory.js, graph",
   "not_a_quote": true
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "A link",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "noor",
     "x": 0.1,
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "happy"
    },
    {
     "who": "leo",
     "x": 0.9,
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "happy",
     "flip": true
    }
   ],
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "record",
     "x": 0.3,
     "y": 860,
     "lines": [
      "link → Leo"
     ]
    },
    {
     "kind": "record",
     "x": 0.7,
     "y": 860,
     "lines": [
      "link → Noor"
     ]
    },
    {
     "kind": "arrow",
     "x": 0.38,
     "y": 470,
     "to": 0.62,
     "label": "both ways: a link",
     "both": true,
     "colour": "#15803d"
    }
   ],
   "note": "Linking back creates the link; each side is in its owner's record.",
   "source": "test_people.mjs",
   "not_a_quote": true
  },
  {
   "kind": "graph",
   "caption": "The register, computed",
   "graph": {
    "nodes": [
     {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "The Anchor",
      "x": 0.5,
      "y": 0.12,
      "colour": "#bbf7d0"
     },
     {
      "id": "n",
      "label": "Noor",
      "x": 0.25,
      "y": 0.5
     },
     {
      "id": "l",
      "label": "Leo",
      "x": 0.75,
      "y": 0.5
     },
     {
      "id": "k",
      "label": "Kofi",
      "x": 0.5,
      "y": 0.88
     },
     {
      "id": "m",
      "label": "Mallory",
      "x": 0.9,
      "y": 0.88,
      "colour": "#fecaca"
     }
    ],
    "edges": [
     {
      "from": "a",
      "to": "n",
      "label": "verified"
     },
     {
      "from": "n",
      "to": "l",
      "label": "both ways"
     },
     {
      "from": "l",
      "to": "k",
      "label": "both ways"
     },
     {
      "from": "m",
      "to": "l",
      "label": "a claim"
     }
    ]
   },
   "note": "Degrees of separation come from confirmed links only, computed each time a page opens.",
   "source": "people/index.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "punchline",
   "setting": "none",
   "punchline": "A vouch for you lands in my record, never in yours.",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "noor",
     "x": 0.12,
     "pose": "wave",
     "mood": "happy"
    },
    {
     "who": "leo",
     "x": 0.3,
     "pose": "arms-up",
     "mood": "happy"
    },
    {
     "who": "mallory",
     "x": 0.88,
     "pose": "shrug",
     "mood": "worried",
     "flip": true
    }
   ],
   "note": "Two-way links stop flooding. They do not stop lying: that is what the anchor and the evidence are for.",
   "source": "people/how.html#two-ways"
  }
 ]
}