1 May
2003
1 May
'03
10:01 a.m.
Not so. What stops editors' output to be re-distributed at zero cost ?
Editor produces output in the form of signatures that indicate approval of content. Editor encrypts content to customers' public key before signing it. Customer can't redistribute Editor's signature in a form that's useful to anyone else without also distributing his own secret key. Hence, re-distributing Editor's output is at the cost of revealing one's own secret key (which will have financial consequences if Editor arranges the deal correctly). There are probably neater ways of achieving the same result. -- mailto:zem@vigilant.tv F289 2BDB 1DA0 F4C4 DC87 EC36 B2E3 4E75 C853 FD93 http://vigilant.tv/ "..I'm invisible, I'm invisible, I'm invisible.."