Peter Todd [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2016-08-28 📝 Original message:On 25 August 2016 14:26:21 ...
📅 Original date posted:2016-08-28
📝 Original message:On 25 August 2016 14:26:21 GMT-04:00, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Christian Decker via bitcoin-dev
><bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> If however
>> he is planning to use it as a foothold to further compromise your
>> company, send spam or similar, he will likely try to avoid these
>> tripwires. [...]
>
>Depends on the value of their activity compared to the value of the
>coins.
>Spamming doesn't pay much.
>
>Covert tripwires would obviously be better, but if shared tripwires
>allow you to have 100x the funds available it could be a good
>trade-off.
Also, having a overt tripwire doesn't preclude having covert tripwires as well.
In any case, this all deserves a Standard™ to make sure intruders know where to look to find the funds. Maybe /var/honeypot...
📝 Original message:On 25 August 2016 14:26:21 GMT-04:00, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Christian Decker via bitcoin-dev
><bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> If however
>> he is planning to use it as a foothold to further compromise your
>> company, send spam or similar, he will likely try to avoid these
>> tripwires. [...]
>
>Depends on the value of their activity compared to the value of the
>coins.
>Spamming doesn't pay much.
>
>Covert tripwires would obviously be better, but if shared tripwires
>allow you to have 100x the funds available it could be a good
>trade-off.
Also, having a overt tripwire doesn't preclude having covert tripwires as well.
In any case, this all deserves a Standard™ to make sure intruders know where to look to find the funds. Maybe /var/honeypot...