tl;dr:
neither single word is perfect, both are okay-ish.
"vertrauenswürdig" is the word used by browsers, virus scanners or Windows when the user is asked if he wants to do something potentially dangerous.
For example: visit a website with expired certificates, use http instead of https, open a file flagged by virus scanner, open an office document with macros etc.
It might be good to use wording that the user already knows from other software.
Yes, I thought about this. It is not fully clear if the "trusted" rating is something official (given by LFS) or was given by the user.
That is unclear with either german word but I think also unclear in english?
To leave no room for misunderstanding it would be need a full sentence like you said: "you trusted the host."
However, when a system asks the user if he/she trusts something, it is always implied that the system does not know.
Afterall, that is the reason why the system asked in the first place.
I think it is also implied that the users does not have 100% insight to the issue and is acting at his own risk.
(The user can not see what a server or file is really doing)
To me, "vertrauenswürdig" means:
This thing is worth trusting - there is nothing that raises suspicion - but a risk remains.
"vertraut" in context of trust is more about relationship between persons.
In technical context "vertraut" is more like "being accustomed to" something.
It sounds a bit weird but should be understandable.
neither single word is perfect, both are okay-ish.
"vertrauenswürdig" is the word used by browsers, virus scanners or Windows when the user is asked if he wants to do something potentially dangerous.
For example: visit a website with expired certificates, use http instead of https, open a file flagged by virus scanner, open an office document with macros etc.
It might be good to use wording that the user already knows from other software.
Yes, I thought about this. It is not fully clear if the "trusted" rating is something official (given by LFS) or was given by the user.
That is unclear with either german word but I think also unclear in english?
To leave no room for misunderstanding it would be need a full sentence like you said: "you trusted the host."
However, when a system asks the user if he/she trusts something, it is always implied that the system does not know.
Afterall, that is the reason why the system asked in the first place.
I think it is also implied that the users does not have 100% insight to the issue and is acting at his own risk.
(The user can not see what a server or file is really doing)
To me, "vertrauenswürdig" means:
This thing is worth trusting - there is nothing that raises suspicion - but a risk remains.
"vertraut" in context of trust is more about relationship between persons.
In technical context "vertraut" is more like "being accustomed to" something.
It sounds a bit weird but should be understandable.
Er ist vertraut, mit Computern zu arbeiten aber er vertraut ihnen nicht.
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He is accustomed to working with computers but he does not trust them.