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If you don't trust someone, there's no point in verifying. Verification is for when you're wrong about being trusting.
by saraid216 13y ago
If you don't trust someone, there's no point in verifying. Verification is for when you're wrong about being trusting.
- Strilanc 13y agoInteresting, I think we mean something different when we say trust. In cryptography, you're trusting an entity when you don't verify that it's doing the right thing. Typically, the goal is to minimize or eliminate trust (otherwise attackers can exploit the system).
- saraid216 13y agoThe phrase is a Russian saying popularized by Reagan for diplomatic purposes. He wasn't talking about cryptography.