1995-09-11 - Re: question about reputation

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-11 01:55:45 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 10 Sep 95 18:55:45 PDT

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From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 95 18:55:45 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: Re: question about reputation
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Wei Dai writes:
> On the other hand, this "man-in-the-middle" attack can also work against
> conventional True Name based services, but perhaps with less effect.  Has
> anyone ever heard of this being done? 

Undoubtedly -- this is a factor in the abundance of "no sales to dealers"
and "limit N per customer" in sales advertisements. 

-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>

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• 1995-09-10 (Sun, 10 Sep 95 15:32:12 PDT) - question about reputation - Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com>
  • 1995-09-10 (Sun, 10 Sep 95 15:57:18 PDT) - Re: question about reputation - solman@MIT.EDU
  • 1995-09-10 (Sun, 10 Sep 95 16:10:30 PDT) - Re: question about reputation - Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
    • 1995-09-11 (Sun, 10 Sep 95 17:20:39 PDT) - Re: question about reputation - Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com>
      • 1995-09-11 (Sun, 10 Sep 95 19:07:44 PDT) - Re: question about reputation - futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
  • 1995-09-11 (Sun, 10 Sep 95 18:55:45 PDT) - Re: question about reputation - futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)