[DotGNU]applet-based authentication

[Norbert Bollow]

David,
  this sounds very interesting, but please clarify... what is
the advantage of such a system over a simple approach like this:

"I hand you a RSA public key, and next time I come around, you
send me a random message encrypted with this public key.  I'll
prove that it's me by decrypting the message."

?

Greetings, Norbert

> From: "David J. Thomson" <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:04:47 -0400 (EDT)
> > > i could hand you an applet, and say "use this applet 
> > > to verify who i am next time i come around"
> > > 
> I'm working on such an authentication scheme. It turns out that this is
> not a trivial problem to solve. It's been solved mathematically, but
> there aren't too many real-world applications. I'm working on implementing
> this in a way that would prevent someone else from forging your "applet".
> Mail me directly if you would like to talk about this further so that we
> don't clog the main list.
> 
> David