On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM, U.Mutlu <[email protected]> wrote:

> They are MITM safe. Basically one needs just DH + Key Authentication,
> for example H(DHkey,H(p)), whereby on server only H(p) is known and stored.
> This authenticates not only the client to the server, but implicitly
> also the server to the client, under the condition that the userDB
> on the server is secured against theft. And in my draft solution this
> is assured. Then we can forget about PKI wholly.


You're vaguely describing what Trevor calls Short Authentication Strings,
but it would require a human on the server-side to verify them, which is
ludicrously impractical for the open Internet.

That said, Trevor has said this discussion is OT for this list. Perhaps
consider reposting this to [email protected] instead.

-- 
Tony Arcieri
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