Author: Michael Rogers Date: To: tech Subject: Re: [Tech] Hash cash keys
On Mar 3 2008, bbackde@??? wrote: >That is what I thought. I don't expect to see it in 070, but I think
>its great for a later release.
Funny, I had the opposite in mind: use it as a short-term solution so we
can bundle Frost with 0.7, giving us time to work on long-term solutions
like WoT without delaying the release. (Of course hash cash could be one
component of a long-term solution too.)
Matthew's figures sound about right to me: one minute of hash cash for a
typical user translates to five seconds for an attacker, or five minutes
for a user with an old machine. That means the attacker can generate 17,280
messages per day, across all boards. When combined with the new features
for avoiding jammed boards in Frost, and with the right default settings to
hide spam from newbies, that's a tolerable level of spam in my opinion.
Better than releasing an unfinished messaging system, anyway.
