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Subject: Re: [9fans] pop3 before smtp
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:52:13 +0000
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Scott Schwartz wrote:
> | What is needed is a distributed PKI.
>
> But why?  It seems easy enough to use use private keys, and a nice
> protocol like SRP.
>
I think SRP or any other Zero Knowledge Proof system is the way to go.
Users can still enter passwords, as they used to, and crackers will find
very little to crack.