On Saturday, November 02, 2013 5:01:43 AM bitcoingr...@gmx.com wrote: > In celebration of the 5 year anniversary of the Bitcoin whitepaper, we are > delighted to introduce the Message Signing based authentication method. In > brief, the authentication work as follows: > Server provides a token for the client to sign. > client passes the signed message and the bitcoin address back to the > server. server validates the message and honors the alias (optional) and > bitcoin address as identification. http://forums.bitcoingrant.org/ > Above is a proof of concept forum that utilize this authentication method.
Congratulations! You've reinvented what Eligius and Bitcoin-OTC have been doing for years! :) There's no reason to ask the user to provide the address every time, though... Luke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
