-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 08/23/2014 04:17 PM, xor wrote: > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 07:40:39 PM Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Encryption is of little value if you may deduce the same >> information by observing packet sizes and timings. > > Instead of spawning a discussion whether this aspect is a reason to > NOT encrypt, you should do the obvious: > > Fix that as well. X being broken is not a reason for not fixing Y. > Pad the then encrypted packets with random bytes. The fact that > they are encrypted makes them look like random data already, so the > padding will not be distinguishable from the rest. Also, add some > random bias to their timing.
The packet size and timing issue will become less of an issue as the network grows anyway. One transaction inserted into a 3 transaction-per-second encrypted stream is more obvious than the same transaction inserted into a 100 or 1000 TPS stream. - -- Support online privacy by using email encryption whenever possible. Learn how here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakOKJFtB-k -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJT+MZWAAoJEMP3uyY4RQ21tDoH/0SPYQcUkYJcuDhTkJCFWdyx ob3H7ITEcqD0UZ3n3QHdxHfCDlP2srL0EcfjbNceRX5inP47jdoGj7uIkY/NRHQ0 4J2WCIrcu1Bj3ZxXG59PtfUzMjxhMGDMSk5eE+6BjVQILrkxxrqSpVjykfoq5s6Y EBdT2Pf4djQ5k2fQ2PX1dTt5iCvFh0ufq3McrYsciRzguRwlelw1W34tPBqGSv0n LScgvqYUTGC7otUdA5K/3WBq6SSo7E13hJxiLKQZMQ4CPpSlsiAhI5fuhl0OBljC hCtS+eugFmvMICQt0ELds++nnA5WN/Yjx1WIrnLA1EmNiAkS9RSEVMcyab0TtdI= =0sjO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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