On 10/02/2014 01:15 PM, Mirimir wrote: > On 10/02/2014 06:52 AM, Derric Atzrott wrote: > > <SNIP> > >> I liked the GPG idea, and brought it back to Wikitech-l. I'll let >> you guys know if anyone there finds a way to completely break it. > > I've asked about this on gnupg-users, and have been disabused of the > notion. I get that it's too hard to distinguish between weak keys that > are easy to generate, and strong keys that are hard to generate. > > What's needed, I think, is challenge-based (as opposed to > reputation-based) proof-of-work that's very difficult to cheat. That > sounds like Bitcoin, doesn't it?
Actually, it's more like this SE question.[0] Except that the puzzle should be at least 10^6 fold more difficult. Given my ignorance, I'll leave it at that. [0] http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/2226/what-challenge-should-i-use-in-a-challenge-response-proof-of-work -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
