From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/45381 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stainless Steel Rat Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] contrib/hashcash.el spam fighter Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:55:08 -0400 Organization: The Happy Fun Ball Brigade Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <02Jun24.115740edt.119250@gateway.intersystems.com> <02Jun24.151839edt.119751@gateway.intersystems.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024970281 23962 127.0.0.1 (25 Jun 2002 01:58:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:58:01 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17Mfaj-0006E7-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 03:58:01 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17MfYF-0007gw-00; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:55:27 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:55:47 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA21740 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:55:35 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 27119 invoked by alias); 25 Jun 2002 01:55:11 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 27114 invoked from network); 25 Jun 2002 01:55:11 -0000 Original-Received: from h0060978d8c91.ne.client2.attbi.com (HELO peorth.gweep.net) (oimpaa@24.218.202.161) by gnus.org with SMTP; 25 Jun 2002 01:55:11 -0000 Original-Received: (from ratinox@localhost) by peorth.gweep.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g5P1t8p03644; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:55:08 -0400 Original-To: "(ding)" X-Attribution: Rat In-Reply-To: (Simon Josefsson's message of "Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:14:30 +0200") Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:45381 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:45381 * Simon Josefsson on Mon, 24 Jun 2002 | the double spending database will notice and reject it, and if you | send the same hash to another recipient, the other recipient cannot | verify the coin and rejects it. That is a digital signature, not hashcash. No wonder I have been confused. Err... calculating digital signatures is computationally trivial. -- Rat \ Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ of skin. PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ That and five bucks will get you a small coffee at Starbucks.