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

[Pierre THIERRY]

Scribit Karp, Alan H dies 07/06/2007 hora 15:47:
> Each request from a different responsible party comes through a
> different forwarder under Carol's control.  That provides Carol
> undeniable authentication.  However, Carol can't prove that to anyone
> else because the forwarder is under her control.  For example, she
> could have sent the request herself.

So if I understand this correctly, for the authentication to be
undeniable to other subjects than Carol, the forwarder must be under the
control of a third party trusted by those subjects, and not under
Carol's control, mustn't it?

Curiously,
Pierre
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