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Fri Sep 2 16:55:00 EDT 2005 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-September/330562.html

>>>>> François Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca> (FP) wrote:


>FP> Protection against replay is easily guaranteed by sequencing requests,
>FP> that is, including a sequence number within the message, each originator
>FP> his sequence.  A digital signature prevents someone from tampering with
>FP> the sequence number without being detected.

Of course. But with the originators manually sending the requests by email
(at least that's how I understood it), this may be a nuisance.
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Piet van Oostrum <piet at cs.uu.nl>
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Private email: piet at vanoostrum.org

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