Re: nym-0.2 released (fwd)

2005-10-02 Thread cyphrpunk
On 10/1/05, Jason Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reason I have separate token and cert servers is that I want to end up > with a client cert that can be used in unmodified browsers and servers. The > certs don't have to have personal information in them, but with indirection we > cheaply ge

Re: nym-0.2 released (fwd)

2005-10-02 Thread Jason Holt
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, cyphrpunk wrote: 1. Limting token requests by IP doesn't work in today's internet. Most Hopeless negativism. I limit by IP because that's what Wikipedia is already doing. Sure, hashcash would be easy to add, and I looked into it just last night. Of course, as several h

Re: nym-0.2 released (fwd)

2005-10-02 Thread cyphrpunk
A few comments on the implementation details of http://www.lunkwill.org/src/nym/: 1. Limting token requests by IP doesn't work in today's internet. Most customers have dynamic IPs. Either they won't be able to get tokens, because someone else has already gotten one using their temporary IP, or the

Re: nym-0.2 released (fwd)

2005-10-02 Thread Jason Holt
On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, cyphrpunk wrote: All these degrees of indirection look good on paper but are problematic in practice. As the great Ulysses said, Pete, the personal rancor reflected in that remark I don't intend to dignify with comment. However, I would like to address your attitude of

Re: nym-0.2 released (fwd)

2005-10-01 Thread cyphrpunk
On 9/30/05, Jason Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.lunkwill.org/src/nym/ > ... > My proposal for using this to enable tor users to play at Wikipedia is as > follows: > > 1. Install a token server on a public IP. The token server can optionally be > provided Wikipedia's blocked-IP list

nym-0.2 released (fwd)

2005-09-30 Thread Jason Holt
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 02:18:43 + (UTC) From: Jason Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: nym-0.2 released nym-0.2 is now available at: http://www.lunkwill.org/src/nym/ My tor server is currently down, so I can't set up a public tr