Blockchain and Networking

Thu Jan 11 17:22:43 UTC 2018

"Blockchain is great at proving chain of custody, but when do you need to do
that in computer networking?"

This is the most important question to ask. Everything else is just
buzzwordy shenanigans.

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:52 AM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:26 AM, Glen Kent <glen.kent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Do folks on this list see blockchain technology making inroads into the
> > networking? I can see blockchain being used to secure the SDN environment
> > where blockchain will allow encrypted data transfers between nodes (ones
> > hosting different applications, the SDN controller, the data plane
> devices)
> > regardless of the network size or its geographical distribution.
> >
>
> Hi Glen,
>
> I'm having trouble envisioning a scenario where blockchain does that any
> better than plain old PKI.
>
> Blockchain is great at proving chain of custody, but when do you need to do
> that in computer networking?
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
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