If you think that will make the problem easy or definitive...
For a start check out, Springer Series in Statistics Applied Bayesian and Classical Inference: The Cast of The Federalist Papers F. Mosteller, D.L. Wallace ISBN 0-387-90991-5 ISBN 0-540-90991-5 On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Adam Shostack wrote: > Of course, the paranoid amonsgt us now believe that Mr. Back wrote the > code, and is engaging in a little misdirection below. > > "Thanks for making the analysis easy!" > > ;) > > > On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 08:11:15PM +0100, Adam Back wrote: > | Very nice. > | > | Nice plausible set of candidate authors also: > | > | pub 1022/5AC7B865 1992/12/01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | pub 1024/2B48F6F5 1996/04/10 Ian Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | pub 1024/97558A1D 1994/01/10 Pr0duct Cypher <alt.security.pgp> > | pub 1024/2719AF35 1995/05/13 Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | pub 1024/58214C37 1992/09/08 Hal Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | pub 1024/C8002BD1 1997/03/04 Eric Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | pub 1024/FBBB8AB1 1994/05/07 Colin Plumb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | > | Wonder if we can figure out who is most likely author based on coding > | style from such a small set. > | > | It has (8 char) TABs but other wise BSD indentation style (BSD > | normally 4 spaces). Also someone who likes triply indirected pointers > | ***blah in there. Has local variables inside even *if code blocks* > | eg, inside main() (most people avoid that, preferring to declare > | variables at the top of a function, and historically I think some > | older gcc / gdb couldn't debug those variables if I recall). Very > | funky use of goto in getpgppkt, hmmm. Somewhat concise coding and > | variable names. > | > | Off the cuff guess based on coding without looking at samples of code > | to remind, probably Colin or Ian. > | > | Of course (Lance Cottrell/Ian Goldberg/Pr0duct Cypher/Ben Laurie/Hal > | Finney/Eric Young/Colin Plumb) possibly deviated or mimicked one of > | their coding styles. Kind of interesting to see a true nym in there > | also. > | > | Also the Cc -- Coderpunks lives? I think the Cc coderpunks might be a > | clue also, I think some of these people would know it died. I think > | that points more at Colin. > | > | Other potential avenue might be implementation mistake leading to > | failure of the scheme to robustly make undecidable which of the set is > | the true author, given alpha code. > | > | Adam > | > | On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 03:52:56AM +0000, Anonymous User wrote: > | > This program can be used by anonymous contributors to release partial > | > information about their identity - they can show that they are someone > | > from a list of PGP key holders, without revealing which member of the > | > list they are. Maybe it can help in the recent controvery over the > | > identity of anonymous posters. It's a fairly low-level program that > | > should be wrapped in a nicer UI. I'll send a couple of perl scripts > | > later that make it easier to use. > | > > -- > "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." > -Hume >
