{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1ad7209g90jnu400x74quws0xv8gpxs2fxnjexnpwqnrxwa39exdq5gl2p6","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1ad7209g90jnu400x74quws0xv8gpxs2fxnjexnpwqnrxwa39exdq5gl2p6","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2011-12-18\n🗒️ Summary of this message: A discussion on the authentication of hosts and the need for a proper protocol to negotiate payment in Bitcoin development.\n📝 Original message:Maybe I'm retarded, but where's the point in providing alliases containing\nyet another hash in URL?\n\nslush\n\nOn Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Luke-Jr \u003cluke at dashjr.org\u003e wrote:\n\n\u003e On Sunday, December 18, 2011 4:05:11 PM Jorge Timón wrote:\n\u003e \u003e If we chose the simple URI proposal namecoin can still be integrated\n\u003e \u003e to map the IP of the server by those who want to.\n\u003e \u003e Does it removes the necessity of the certificates?\n\u003e \u003e If so, we should let people decide between HTTP, HTTPS, namecoin or\n\u003e \u003e whatever they trust.\n\u003e\n\u003e How are you going to authenticate the host? Certificates from CAs are how\n\u003e HTTPS does it. HTTP is vulnerable. If the URI contains an address (eg,\n\u003e bitcoin://remotehost/base58key), the remote host could sign its\n\u003e (self-signed)\n\u003e SSL key with the ECDSA key to prove authenticity. DNSSEC/namecoin\n\u003e presumably\n\u003e has some way to do this as well.\n\u003e\n\u003e \u003e Shouldn't we be also discussing the valid format of the answered\n\u003e \u003e message? I mean fields like \"amount\", \"concept\" and such.\n\u003e\n\u003e At some point, a proper protocol to negotiate payment is needed for\n\u003e anything\n\u003e like this.\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e Learn Windows Azure Live!  Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011\n\u003e Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for\n\u003e developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it\n\u003e provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online.\n\u003e Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure\n\u003e _______________________________________________\n\u003e Bitcoin-development mailing list\n\u003e Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net\n\u003e https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20111219/b86751c7/attachment.html\u003e"}