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, le
I'm still amazed that anyone takes this proof-of-work/hashcash stuff
seriously.
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
Here's a forward of parts of an email I sent to Richard with comments on
his and Ben's paper (sent me a pre-print off-list a couple of weeks ago):
One obvious comment is that the calculations do not take account of
the CAMRAM approach of charging for introductions only. You mention
this in the f