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Re: [Eligibility-discuss] On 3797 alternatives

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Wed, 31 May 2023 14:22 UTC

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Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 10:22:14 -0400
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>, "Salz, Rich" <rsalz=40akamai.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
Cc: Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com>, "eligibility-discuss@ietf.org" <eligibility-discuss@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [Eligibility-discuss] On 3797 alternatives
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On Tue, May 30, 2023, at 19:58, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> I'm not MT, but yes, I think that's the threat model. I think the 
> relevant point is that the most serious attack is that only one such 
> attacker is involved and so they can predict the results.

That's right.  I'm also assuming that others have access to that information (Robert, the previous chair, people writing software for the datatracker, etc...)  I'm not implying anything about the character of those individuals, only saying that a stronger system wouldn't rely so much on us trusting those people ... or chance.

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