On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Maurice Valmont wrote:
At 04:55 PM 8/5/98 -0700, Tim May <tcmay@got.net> wrote in his .sig:
Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero knowledge, reputations, information markets, black markets, collapse of governments.
I'm curious: What exactly is "zero knowledge"?
I cannot discuss that here, as Tim May will likely enter the discussion to enforce his intellectual property rights and remind us that he discussed this before the rest of us were born. All worthwhile discussions of cryptography were held prior to 1994. This list is to be henceforth used for the posting of long rambling prose induced by the inhaling of household chemicals. Contact sniffmonger toto, check the archives, and bring me another scotch. "I know nutzhing! NUTZHING!" SGT Schultz Stalag 13 I'd like to tell you, but I cannot tell you that which you do not already know. Where on the 'net are Tartaglia and Cardano? How about Hakken and Appel? How many colors do you need to color a map, such that no two regions that share a boundary also share a color? Have I screwed up, and in my effort to prove to you that I know the secret, perhaps revealed it to you after all?