[p2p-hackers] Zooko's Triangle in action

[R.A. Hettinga]

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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:26:11 -0700
From: Tyler Close <tyler.close at gmail.com>
To: p2p-hackers at zgp.org
Subject: [p2p-hackers] Zooko's Triangle in action
Reply-To: Tyler Close <tyler.close at gmail.com>,
	"Peer-to-peer development." <p2p-hackers at zgp.org>
Sender: p2p-hackers-bounces at zgp.org

Hi all,

A number of list members have built, or are building, p2p environments
where files or public keys are referred to by their hash. The common
wisdom seems to be that a petname system, as popularized by Zooko's
Triangle, can be used to make the human interface to this world of
computer/cryptography friendly identifiers. Given that, I thought list
members might be interested in the petname tool Firefox extension. The
petname tool is a fully functional petname system for SSL secured web
sites. It is compatible with existing HTTPS sites, so you can create a
petname for your bank. It really is Zooko's Triangle in action. You
can get it at:

http://petname.mozdev.org/

Tyler

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