[Cryptography] Email and IM are ideal candidates for mix networks

The Doctor drwho at virtadpt.net
Mon Aug 26 17:27:22 EDT 2013


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On 08/26/2013 08:46 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:

> Which is why I think Ted Lemon's idea about using Facebook type 
> friending may be necessary.

Or Gchat-style contacts.

> I don't think we can rely on that for Key distribution. But I think
> it needs to be a part of the mix.

What if the public key were baked into the user's public-facing
profile in such a fashion that the client could pick it up
automagickally but viewers just saw another link that they'd never
click on anyway?

> I have a protocol compiler. Just give it an abstract schema and out
> pops a server and client API library. Just need to add the code to
> implement the semantics. It is up on Sourceforge, will update later
> this week.

Neat!  Link, please?

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