Alessandro Parisi [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2013-11-05 📝 Original message:I agree with Ittay: when ...
📅 Original date posted:2013-11-05
📝 Original message:I agree with Ittay: when bugs are found, they must be fixed ASAP,
expecially when they affect a sensitive sw such as Bitcon; in IT security,
every flaw that is exploitable in abstract, is going to be exploited in
real, sooner or later, also taking into account the increasing parallel
computing power; beware of false sense of security
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2013/11/5 Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Ittay <ittay.eyal at cornell.edu> wrote:
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>> The attack can be easily hidden. And be sure that before today, today,
>> and after today, very smart people are at their computer planning attacks
>> on Bitcoin. Exploits must be published and fixed FAST.
>>
>
> I think it would be helpful if you actually implemented and pulled off
> this attack, by becoming the dominant miner capable of reversing spends at
> will. Then we'd know how quickly it can be done.
>
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📝 Original message:I agree with Ittay: when bugs are found, they must be fixed ASAP,
expecially when they affect a sensitive sw such as Bitcon; in IT security,
every flaw that is exploitable in abstract, is going to be exploited in
real, sooner or later, also taking into account the increasing parallel
computing power; beware of false sense of security
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2013/11/5 Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Ittay <ittay.eyal at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>> The attack can be easily hidden. And be sure that before today, today,
>> and after today, very smart people are at their computer planning attacks
>> on Bitcoin. Exploits must be published and fixed FAST.
>>
>
> I think it would be helpful if you actually implemented and pulled off
> this attack, by becoming the dominant miner capable of reversing spends at
> will. Then we'd know how quickly it can be done.
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers
> Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models.
> Explore
> techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most
> from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and
> register
> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
> _______________________________________________
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> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
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