[freenet-dev] What we are really after was Re: Short refs was Re: alternative to #freenet-refs

Michael Rogers m.rogers at cs.ucl.ac.uk
Fri Nov 16 17:07:56 UTC 2007


Matthew Toseland wrote:
> Public key fingerprints are very difficult to turn into something that is 
> secure from all angles, and is short.

Fingerprint = hash of the public key. Comparable in length (though not
memorability) to a password, and more secure because it doesn't need to
be kept secret.

Cheers,
Michael



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