At 03:02 PM 5/19/2004, Barry Shein wrote:
I'm still amazed that anyone takes this proof-of-work/hashcash stuff seriously.
I think it's grounded in some well-accepted DoS defence principles that are found in cookie protocols like Photuris and ISAKMP.
Mark
At best it's the "War Games" approach, let's make the server play tic-tac-toe with itself to avoid nuclear holocaust, or the Bill Shatner logical paradox that makes the robot's head blow up.
The Sphinx's riddle also comes to mind, works better for supernatural beings however.
I realize the defense of the dumbest ideas is always that any criticism can be represented as rudeness, ``how rude of you not to see the brilliance of my ideas!'', so one goes on and on anyhow but I wonder if there's any way to disabuse this nonsense once and for all, particularly in the minds of those who think it's a good idea?
In the words of someone famous whose name I'll leave out of this: This idea isn't right, why, it isn't even wrong!
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