Hi, Based on conversations and ideas due to Ron Rivest and Adi Shamir, I've prepared a manuscript proposing some of the parameter and algorithm choices for an actual implementation of their Micromint scheme. The manuscript is still more of a preliminary design spec as many issues associated with a Micromint implementation are not addressed (though a good number of the issues are). The manuscript was prepared with the sponsorship of the Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation (http://www.ibuc.com). It is available at: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~zulfikar/papers/mm-spec-outline.pdf and a pointer to it can be found from: http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~zulfikar/MyResearch/homepage.html Comments and criticisms are welcome. Thanks, -- --Zully ------- Zulfikar Ramzan (AKA Zully) Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT NE43-311, (617) 253-2345 http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~zulfikar/homepage.html --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'