On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 13:21, Monk wrote: > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm playing with some nym code, have a few basic questions > > The CREATE messages have a place for a Proof of Work entry. There's a note > that we need to specify a system. Any direction on this? Unless someone > has an idea I'm going to just leave it out for now. I'd say, leave it out. > Also, when a nym is created a Challenge can be sent from the server. Is > this basically something like the confirm+ address a current nymserver sends > when a new nym is created or a new reply block installed? I'm not sure what the current nymserver does. The relevant comment in the spec is on line 799: [XXXX The challenge-response protocol is as yet unspecified.] The basic goal here is usually to assure that a human is on the other end of the account creation procedure, and is providing real SURBs. An RTT might work for this. For now, leave it out: if you implement the essentials, you can find out how necessary the rest of the system is later. -N
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