17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 10:12 AM 3/7/96 -0800, Hal Finney wrote:
I don't think this satisfies the requirements. Once Bob calculates H' and sees that it matches H, he knows that Alice likes him, but Alice doesn't know that he likes her. The whole point of the protocol was to be fair. Bob must only learn that Alice likes him if Alice is guaranteed to learn that he likes her.
Hmmm, you're right - Bob still has the choice at the end to reveal or not reveal to Alice that he was the one who sent the note. Back to the drawing board. #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, +1-415-442-2215 pager 408-787-1281 #