[4245] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Using crypto to solve a part of the DNS/TM mess
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Szabo)
Sun Feb 28 15:20:05 1999
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:44:01 -0800
To: bram <bram@gawth.com>,
"Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
From: Nick Szabo <szabo@best.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net, coderpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9902271623500.17464-100000@ultra.gawth.com>
I've been thinking for a long time about how to
decentralize control over property titles, such
as registries of Internet domain names, addresses,
and ASNs. Some of the results can be found at
http://www.best.com/~szabo/securetitle.html.
My main emphasis is how to make the registries tolerant
to malicious attack by any party. I analyze the security
of title registry operations common to many kinds of property,
including simple transfer, division and aggregation, homesteading
claims, and adverse possession. I also discuss some confidentiality
issues related to those Prof. Froomkin raises.
szabo@best.com
http://www.best.com/~szabo/
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