[e-lang] Module naming and identification

David-Sarah Hopwood david-sarah at jacaranda.org
Tue Apr 14 12:13:46 EDT 2009


zooko wrote:
> There have been some stabs at using cryptographically strong  
> identifiers for software packaging.  A notable one is Microsoft's  
> "Strong Names" scheme [1].
[...]
> Perhaps part of the situation is that people have the typical  
> misunderstandings from their identity-oriented paradigm. The  
> wikipedia page [2] contains almost no information other than this  
> delightful quote: "A common misconception is that Strong keys add  
> security."

Sigh. The reference cited to support this had completely missed the point.
I changed it to:

# Strong keys or names provide security of reference from one component
# to another or from a root key to a component. This is not the same as
# tamper-resistance of the file containing any given component.

and slapped on an "Expert attention needed" tag.

-- 
David-Sarah Hopwood ⚥



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