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Re: namedroppers, continued

2002-12-09 16:54:39
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 17:47:58 EST, Edward Lewis said:

Does anybody  have a reference on an authorization scheme that
doesn't imply any authentication?

World readable files.

We know how to do that already ;)

I was thinking more along the lines of a zero-knowledge proof or
something like that - a scheme where you can prove you're authorized to
do something(*) without having to prove who you are first.

(*) and explicitly ruling out the 'null check, everybody is allowed' case ;)

/Valdis

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