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DEFCON 15: Saving The Internet With Hate

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Uploaded by on Jan 30, 2011

Speaker: Zed A. Shaw

Utu is the Maori word for a system of revenge used by Maori society to provide social controls and retribution. Utu is also a protocol that uses cryptographic models of social interaction to allow peers to vote on their dislike of other peer's behavior. The goal of Utu is to experiment with the effects of bringing identity, reputation, and retribution to human communications on the Internet. A secondary goal is wiping out IRC because apparently nobody really likes IRC.

This presentation will cover the protocol's design, use of cryptography, secure coding practices, and an analysis of it's adoption and current research results. The presentation is for medium to advanced participants interested in similar open source projects. In the spirit of openness and collaboration and just plain evil, there will be an Utu server running for conference participants to use during the conference. The goal is to present the system, get people thinking, and obtain feedback on the design and implementation.

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  • what is facinating about him to me, beyond brillance and HUMOR is the outright embracing of the concept of hate to solve the social problems. It makes me wonder is hate really the solution to good. is good and evil really just the same coin of different side!? Of course not, they are different coins. but are they different coins that call out eachothers face? Perception, it really is facinating....why a down vote at all...why not all edification? Yes, Yes, Yes...no vote...no vote, pass.

  • Zed Shaw is a programmer's stand up comedian. It's the main reason I search for his presentations. 

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