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Re: Signed document - a thought... (fwd)




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> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:06:28 GMT
> From: Adam Back <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Signed document - a thought...

> Sounds like you are describing something which is a variant of an
> interlock protocol.  The idea of an interlock protocol is that you
> send out first a hash of what you are intending to publish.
> 
> The MITM has a problem in deciding what to publish, because they have
> to publish _a_ hash, but they don't know what it should be of.  

Exactly. I hadn't heard of the term 'interlock protocol', thanks for
the tip. I'll look into it some more.


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