CDR: Re: Non-Repudiation in the Digital Environment (was Re: First Monday August 2000)

[Ben Laurie]

Bram Cohen wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Ben Laurie wrote:
> >
> > Since we're in hair-splitting mode, I should point out that "prevents
> > the denial of an act" is not equivalent to a "negation that something is
> > false". Of course, logically, it comes to the same thing, but then, so
> > does "assertion that something is true".
> 
> Of course, the idea that you could 'prevent the denial of an act' is
> completely wrong. The explanation "All this fancy-schmancy crypto stuff is
> bullshit" is pretty much universally applicable.

I have to agree that actually doing stuff with crypto is substantially
more useful (and interesting) than trying to prove things with it.

Cheers,

Ben.

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