[Cryptography] Fwd: [Trans] Internet-level Consensus - new list and possible BoF

[Ben Laurie]

Step one, of course, is to recognise that complete consensus is
impossible. Then the argument starts about which set of compromises
are preferable...

On 11 February 2017 at 00:34, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
> I thought some readers of this list might be interested in this new IETF group.
>
> Cheers - Bill
>
> ====== Forwarded Message ======
> Date: 2/10/17 3:12 PM
> From: dm-list-ietf-ilc at scs.stanford.edu (David Mazieres)
>
> Several applications depend on Internet-wide consensus to secure an
> append-only log, provide tamper-resistant timestamps, and atomically
> commit transactions across mutually distrustful parties with no
> preexisting relationship. Examples include:
>
> * The IETF trans working group is specifying data structures and
>   operational mechanisms for providing secure logging and auditing of
>   TLS server certificates, but lacks a mechanism for determining
>   consensus among logs (or consensus about whether or not a resource
>   should be logged). These functions are currently served by an
>   experimental gossip protocol that can potentially be strengthened
>   through global consensus.
>
> * The Stellar payment network, is used by remittance companies to trade
>   currencies and send payments across the Internet.
>
> * UCSD's SPAM (Secure PAckage Manager) project relies on a secure global
>   log both to enable revocation of previously published vulnerable
>   software packages and to guarantee that a particular software release
>   has been publicly available for audit (somewhat like certificate
>   transparency).
>
> * Stellar has an ongoing secure naming project that aims to allow domain
>   name owners to assign human-readable names to end-user public keys
>   without retaining the ability to lie about those public keys
>   undetected.
>
> We have just created a new IETF mailing mailing list to discuss such
> applications, the mechanisms that can meet their consensus needs, and a
> potential role of the IETF in devising a stable specification for an
> Internet-level consensus mechanism.  The home page for the list is here:
>
>         https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ilc
>
> If there is interest in the topic, we would like to organize a BoF in
> Chicago.  Please join the discussion on the list if you might be
> interested in participating.
>
> David
>
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