Re: Using crypto to solve a part of the DNS/TM mess

Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com)
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:17:17 -0500

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At 10:42 AM -0500 on 3/1/99, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:

> Thanks, but I don't want to build a global ID system (bad, bad, bad) just
> to solve this relatively small problem....

Guys, can't we just issue digital bearer operating certificates for this?

Auction them off, first come, first served after that, and maintain a
registry of "double spent" certificates at the time of each transfer.

That way, all we have to do is map a name to a bearer certificate, and be
done with it.

Cheers,
RAH
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