[MUD-Dev] Player run reputation system

[shren]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Geoffrey A. MacDougall wrote:
> JC Lawrence wrote:
>> Timothy Dang wrote:

>> Please go read the Advogato design papers , and the (I think two
>> now, maybe three) rounds of discussion there on how well it has
>> worked out and the perceived problems.

>> Then come back.

> I've read them, and I'll reluctantly admit that I can't see
> through the math.  I did well in Calculus (my father's a math
> prof.), but haven't so much as pronounced the word, let alone
> calculate a derivative in over 8 years.  The down side of being in
> the social sciences...

You're not alone.  I implemented RSA from the description in the
Handbook of Applied Cryptography successfully, yet I can't figure
out exactly, on casual reading, what the Avogato spec is talking
about.

> Is there a 'layman's terms' explanation available somewhere?  Or
> is someone up to the challenge of translating the document?

Maybe I'll give it a serious read and try to do that, here, later.

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