Re: computer-go: Authenticating the identity of a remote go-playing computer program

["Steve Pagliarulo" <s_pagliarulo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We might be able to do this if we have the winners later "prove" it was 
their program that made the moves.

Steve Pagliarulo

> From: "Bob Myers" <rtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: computer-go: Authenticating the identity of a remote go-playing 
> computer program
> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 12:19:10 -0800
>
> Is it possible to authenticate the identity of a remote computer program
> playing a game of go?
>
> In Guiyang last month, I was talking with a go programmer, discussing the
> possibility of having computer go tournaments on the net instead of in one
> physical location.  I know that there are already tournaments being held on
> the net, but the stakes are not high enough to motivate anyone to cheat.  
> If
> a large amount of prize money were at stake, on the other hand,
> unfortunately there might be people who would try to cheat (for instance, 
> by
> having a 7-dan human pretend to be the computer).  Thus, we need a way to
> reliably authenticate the identity of a remote computer program playing a
> game of go.
>
> I know just enough about public-key encryption techniques and digital
> signatures to believe that this is possible.  I hope that experts on this
> list can shed some light on how it might work.  It would be ideal if a
> standard could be established that eventually all go programs might adhere
> to and thus allow more tournaments to be held on the net.
>
> Bob Myers
> IntelligentGo Foundation
> www.intelligentgo.org
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