[Cryptography] Anonymous rendezvous (was Business opportunities in crypto)

[Natanael]

Den fre 21 maj 2021 13:35jrzx <jrzx at protonmail.ch> skrev:

>
> On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 9:52 AM, Natanael <natanael.l at gmail.com> wrote:
> > being Newegg and doing a good job of curating reviews isn't sufficient to
> > establish *identity* because their actions and the data which are used to
> > describe them are not self authenticating. You connect to an untruste
> > network and somebody presents this data to you associated with an
> > arbitrary key.
>
> You don't seem to be familiar with Zooko name systems.  With a Zooko type
> name system an arbitrary key will simply fail.
>
> You are describing the certificate authority system, not the Zooko name
> system,
> which *is* self authenticating.
>
> With the certificate authority system, the registrar can confiscate NewEggs
> good name, or anyone of a thousand certificate authorities could steal it
> for a
> time, which typically takes the form of a man in the middle attack.
>
> With a Zooko name system, they cannot.
>

You misunderstood my point.

If you have the right name - AND ONLY IF - en you get this assurance.

In a decentralized system with no trust anchors you can not figure out
which name is the right one with any certainty.

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