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Re: Blockchain and Networking
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:28:19 -0500
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:44 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net> wrote:
Transferring log files, used as forensic evidence, comes to mind.
Blockchain is no better at transferring log files than regular PKI. Blockchain could be used to authenticate that forensic evidence presented later is the same evidence that was originally logged by the individual who collected it where the agency responsible for custody of the evidence is not trusted or where there have been claims evidence tampering. Interesting law enforcement application. Dubious utility in networking where the networking staff are a trusted authority. Any kind of paperwork, tables, etc. associated with network configuration -
particularly if you're trying to preserve changes.
AFAICT, blockchain is no better at this than regular PKI and regular PKI is much less expensive to operate. On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Dale W. Carder <dwcarder () es net> wrote:
Traceroute or any other path diagnostics comes to mind.
That's not obvious to me. Assuming the time-exceeded message was modified to include the necessary data, how would blockchain authenticate the responding router? Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
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