anonymous DH & MITM

[R. A. Hettinga]

At 2:16 PM -0700 10/2/03, bear wrote:
>That's not anonymity, that's pseudonymity.

It seems to me that perfect pseudonymity *is* anonymity.

Frankly, without the ability to monitor reputation, you don't have ways of controlling things like transactions, for instance. It's just that people are still mystified by the concept of biometric is-a-person identity, which strong cryptography can completely divorce from reputation.

Cheers,
RAH
Who's also curious about exactly what "Whielacronx" means... ;-).
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