DC-Net implementation
rishab at dxm.ernet.in
rishab at dxm.ernet.in
Tue Nov 22 16:03:49 PST 1994
acspring at knoware.nl (Andrew Spring):
> >Using a central node to coordinate the DC-net traffic requires that the
> >participants trust that central node. If the central node is evil,
> A collation of N-1 nodes will always produce garbage; the whole set is
> needed for the message to fall out.
> Example
> ...
> A sends 14 - 5 = 9 to Central node
> B sends 5 - 11 = -6
Central nodes are not nice for various reasons, including the usual networking
and security (trust) advantages of wide distribution. IAC a central node is
not necessary; for example, if each node were to output to the next:
B sends Anum XOR Brnd (XOR msg) to C
where Brnd is B's random number, msg is B's message (if any) and Anum is the
similarly generated output of A. This is much closer to the original DCNet
_bit_ flipping - the first XOR checks for equality while the second commits the
'lie'
In this case whatever number A gets from D is the output of the net. There are
lots of interesting cryptographic sub-protocols to make too much trust
unnecessary. I also believe that error-correction is best left to lower levels
of the network - there's no need for a DC Net not to assume a reliable data
channel.
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