<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Tony,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let’s stick to Zooko’s triangle for now, as it is not the same thing as CAP, and I disagree with your assertions regarding it. We can discuss CAP off list if you want.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Going with the Security edge of the triangle, you assert:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">So it's possible to MitM name registration</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How?</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">exploit the split brain/partitioned state of the network to claim a name on someone else's behalf</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What?</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">and trick people who are trying to look up keys by a human meaningful name into accepting an attacker's key.</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please describe the attack you have in mind in detail. I believe we’ve already argued about the blockchain a bunch (on [metzdowd]), I hope this is not a rehash of those arguments.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Greg</div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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