[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Add some future alternative approaches to the SRV spec.

[asn at torproject.org]

commit 357aeb27a5282bceebe963a493f240cb27ca0b38
Author: George Kadianakis <desnacked at riseup.net>
Date:   Tue Jul 3 17:05:55 2018 +0300

    Add some future alternative approaches to the SRV spec.
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 srv-spec.txt | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/srv-spec.txt b/srv-spec.txt
index 4f99b0f..eaf2bda 100644
--- a/srv-spec.txt
+++ b/srv-spec.txt
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ Tor works. This text used to be proposal 250-commit-reveal-consensus.txt.
    Hence, this proposal aims to embed the commit-and-reveal idea in the Tor
    voting process which should make it smoother to deploy and maintain.
 
-   Another idea proposed specifically for Tor is Nick Hopper's "A threshold
-   signature-based proposal for a shared RNG" which was never turned into an
-   actual Tor proposal.
-
 2. Overview
 
    This proposal alters the Tor consensus protocol such that a random number is
@@ -514,8 +510,13 @@ Tor works. This text used to be proposal 250-commit-reveal-consensus.txt.
    crypto and more complex protocols so this seems like an acceptable solution
    for now.
 
-   For alternative approaches on collaborative random number generation also
-   see the discussion at [RNGMESSAGING].
+   Here are some examples of possible future directions:
+   - Schemes based on threshold signatures (e.g. see [HOPPER])
+   - Unicorn scheme by Lenstra et al. [UNICORN]
+   - Schemes based on Verifiable Delay Functions [VDFS]
+
+   For more alternative approaches on collaborative random number generation
+   also see the discussion at [RNGMESSAGING].
 
 5.2. Predicting the shared random value during reveal phase
 
@@ -637,3 +638,12 @@ References:
 
 [RNGMESSAGING]:
    https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/messaging/2015/002032.html
+
+[HOPPER]:
+   https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-January/006053.html
+
+[UNICORN]:
+   https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/366.pdf
+
+[VDFS]:
+   https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/601.pdf