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Anyone can reserve usernames by generating key pairs and issuing CSRs #1894

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leblowl opened this issue Oct 3, 2023 · 2 comments
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Anyone can reserve usernames by generating key pairs and issuing CSRs #1894

leblowl opened this issue Oct 3, 2023 · 2 comments

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leblowl commented Oct 3, 2023 •
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Related to #1892. How can we prevent this? Perhaps, if pubKeys are added to a chain of trust (e.g. via local-first-auth)?
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Also, a malicious user could hang out and submit a new CSR for any name anyone requests.

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leblowl commented Oct 4, 2023

Also, a malicious user could hang out and submit a new CSR for any name anyone requests.

We can choose a winning CSR randomly when more than one CSR requests the same name. But if someone floods CSRs with new keys that won't matter since probability will be on their side.

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