[cap-talk] Delegating Responsibility in Digital Systems: Horton's "Who Done It?"

Pierre THIERRY nowhere.man at levallois.eu.org
Thu Jun 7 10:22:43 EDT 2007


Scribit Mark S. Miller dies 28/05/2007 hora 17:44:
> My worry is that if we reverse the usage of seal vs unseal, that Carol
> would then be able to provide Alice with a box Alice can unseal, which
> Alice can know only Bob could have sealed, making Bob's responsibility
> to Carol undeniable (or at least less deniable) to Alice.

Wasn't providing undeniable authentication a motivation of the
discussion that led to the design of the Horton protocol?

Curiously,
Pierre
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