question about reputation

[Futplex]

Wei Dai writes:
> On the other hand, this "man-in-the-middle" attack can also work against
> conventional True Name based services, but perhaps with less effect.  Has
> anyone ever heard of this being done? 

Undoubtedly -- this is a factor in the abundance of "no sales to dealers"
and "limit N per customer" in sales advertisements. 

-Futplex <futplex at pseudonym.com>