Re: [freenet-devl] FCP Layer #3: Stacks

[Travis Bemann]

On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 09:37:06AM -0500, Scott G. Miller wrote:
> On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 12:07:34AM -0500, Brandon wrote:
> > 
> > > Reminds me of SecureCard, the credit card sized random number generator
> > > synchronized with a login password challenge.  Could use Think Cash to
> > > seed it so that you don't have to solve a puzzle every email.
> > 
> > But then it wouldn't stop mechanical spam.
> Yes it would, mixing (1) and (2) would limit it, since solving a puzzle
> allows a computer device to generate keys, but you only actually check a
> limited number of them for each puzzle.  If you allow only ten emails per
> puzzle, then you can only be spammed mechanically ten times before a human
> has to once again be involved.
> 

Yeah, but people don't like being forced to solve puzzles to send
email.

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