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| author | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2020-04-10 11:50:45 +0300 |
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| committer | Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> | 2020-04-10 11:50:45 +0300 |
| commit | 14cc83c787783367bb71ce84cc25260b8aea9379 (patch) | |
| tree | 571c4ea4eaf9b78c8f2f095a54efd978bde2f134 | |
| parent | efea9b93b76e1856ffcab61229d35b0ee89523fd (diff) | |
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Add: comment about botnets and proofs of work
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diff --git a/email2-v2-draft.md b/email2-v2-draft.md index 475ee42..50c3405 100644 --- a/email2-v2-draft.md +++ b/email2-v2-draft.md @@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ proof of work might require using five seconds of CPU time. This is costly enough that it makes large-scale spamming infeasible. (See [@hashcash] for an early suggestion.) +> Comment: This makes the stamp system vulnerable to attackers who +> have enormous amounts of computing power, perhaps by using a botnet. +> It would be good to replace proof-of-work with something that's not +> vulnerable to a botnet. + Email servers could also sell stamps for real money. Even at trivial costs, such as one US cent, this would be too costly for spammers. |