> On Jul 23, 2015, at 9:22 PM, Tao Effect <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, the only real option left is for a persistent, 24/7 global MITM. At that > point you are no longer dealing with the Internet anymore. You might as well > smash Alice’s computer with a brick and declare a successful “attack” on > Namecoin.
This is already known to exist, it is called QUANTUM INSERT[0]. Also, BGP and DNS attacks can be used to accomplish the same thing. Let alone the cheaper option of just hacking Alice’s WiFi. Throwing out MITM attacks as not a viable threat is unreasonable at this point. Jonathan [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations#QUANTUM_attacks _______________________________________________ Messaging mailing list [email protected] https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging
