The theory of creating trust with a set of mistrust-parties

This paper presents the idea for achieving trustworthiness by splitting responsibilities between different parties mutually mistrusting one another. These parties are called mistrust-parties because some kind of mistrust between these parties is actively created to prevent potentially manipulative cooperation. The birth of the S-Network, a universally applicable trustworthy repository, should enable users to make and access reliable publications and secure deposits. The S-Network combines secure long term data storage and preservation in a computer network with non-repudiation and legal validity. This paper describes how one can apply the concept of creating trust with the help of mistrust-parties for the S-Network so that the S-Network itself would be highly trustworthy. Besides being a potential application, the S-Network could also be used as a tool for vital parts in the measures for creating trust with a set of mistrust-parties described in this paper.