Re: Will this scheme work ...

From: lance@circle.raleigh.nc.us (Lance A. Brown)

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1993 05:26:24 +0000

anspring@news.delphi.com (ANSPRING@DELPHI.COM) writes:

>>>In article <1993Sep25.055607.4810@cs.cornell.edu> moudgill@cs.cornell.edu (
>  Mayan Moudgill) writes:
>>>
>>>>The Problem:
>>>>A group of people are playing a game over e-mail. They need to throw dice
>>>>every turn. Unfortunately, they can't find somebody ``trustworthy'' to
>>>>do it for them. So, how can they throw dice
>>>>
>>>
>
> How about this:  Each player generates a large random number, computes
> the MD5 hash, and then discloses the hash to the other players.
> Each player is now committed to his number, since no ther number will
> produce the same hash.  Then each player reveals his number to the others,
> the result is summed (and optionally hashed again, if you like) and the resul
> t
> mod 6 is the die roll.

Jeepers cripes.  Whatever happened to the "honor system".  I have
played a number of 1-on-1 games such as Ogre and G.E.V. in this
manner.  It only takes a small amount of discipline to abide by what
you roll.

Lance
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References

Re: Will this scheme work ...
TSOS@uni-duesseldorf.de (Detlef Lannert)
Thu, 07 Oct 1993 10:01:49 +0000
Re: Will this scheme work ...
payson@dr-hibbert.cs.wisc.edu ( Payson)
Thu, 07 Oct 1993 16:51:59 +0000
Re: Will this scheme work ...
anspring@news.delphi.com (ANSPRING@DELPHI.COM)
Fri, 08 Oct 1993 01:41:50 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Will this scheme work ...
TSOS@uni-duesseldorf.de (Detlef Lannert)
Thu, 07 Oct 1993 10:01:49 +0000
Re: Will this scheme work ...
payson@dr-hibbert.cs.wisc.edu ( Payson)
Thu, 07 Oct 1993 16:51:59 +0000
Re: Will this scheme work ...
anspring@news.delphi.com (ANSPRING@DELPHI.COM)
Fri, 08 Oct 1993 01:41:50 +0000