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Original date posted:2015-01-21
š Original message:I've read this and it looks A-OK to me.
Andrew
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 07:35:49PM -0500, Pieter Wuille wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> We've been aware of the risk of depending on OpenSSL for consensus
> rules for a while, and were trying to get rid of this as part of BIP
> 62 (malleability protection), which was however postponed due to
> unforeseen complexities. The recent evens (see the thread titled
> "OpenSSL 1.0.0p / 1.0.1k incompatible, causes blockchain rejection."
> on this mailing list) have made it clear that the problem is very
> real, however, and I would prefer to have a fundamental solution for
> it sooner rather than later.
>
> I therefore propose a softfork to make non-DER signatures illegal
> (they've been non-standard since v0.8.0). A draft BIP text can be
> found on:
>
> https://gist.github.com/sipa/5d12c343746dad376c80
>
> The document includes motivation and specification. In addition, an
> implementation (including unit tests derived from the BIP text) can be
> found on:
>
> https://github.com/sipa/bitcoin/commit/bipstrictder
>
> Comments/criticisms are very welcome, but I'd prefer keeping the
> discussion here on the mailinglist (which is more accessible than on
> the gist).
>
> --
> Pieter
>
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Andrew Poelstra
Mathematics Department, University of Texas at Austin
Email: apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web: http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew
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worries about, I would have finished high school." --Edward Snowden
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š Original message:I've read this and it looks A-OK to me.
Andrew
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 07:35:49PM -0500, Pieter Wuille wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> We've been aware of the risk of depending on OpenSSL for consensus
> rules for a while, and were trying to get rid of this as part of BIP
> 62 (malleability protection), which was however postponed due to
> unforeseen complexities. The recent evens (see the thread titled
> "OpenSSL 1.0.0p / 1.0.1k incompatible, causes blockchain rejection."
> on this mailing list) have made it clear that the problem is very
> real, however, and I would prefer to have a fundamental solution for
> it sooner rather than later.
>
> I therefore propose a softfork to make non-DER signatures illegal
> (they've been non-standard since v0.8.0). A draft BIP text can be
> found on:
>
> https://gist.github.com/sipa/5d12c343746dad376c80
>
> The document includes motivation and specification. In addition, an
> implementation (including unit tests derived from the BIP text) can be
> found on:
>
> https://github.com/sipa/bitcoin/commit/bipstrictder
>
> Comments/criticisms are very welcome, but I'd prefer keeping the
> discussion here on the mailinglist (which is more accessible than on
> the gist).
>
> --
> Pieter
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA.
> GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn.
> Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth.
> Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant.
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet
> _______________________________________________
> Bitcoin-development mailing list
> Bitcoin-development at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
>
--
Andrew Poelstra
Mathematics Department, University of Texas at Austin
Email: apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web: http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew
"If they had taught a class on how to be the kind of citizen Dick Cheney
worries about, I would have finished high school." --Edward Snowden
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