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Maybe messages should include a coarse timestamp to prevent replay of old messages by some adversary.

Someone could resend a month old "yes" with your valid signature to a question someone asks now.

Also it might be beneficial to include sequence numbers or message IDs and for example echo the last 4 ids in following messages so recipients can detect holes. - The chat could insert some placeholder to notify recipients of missing previous messages.




Fantastic idea! I intend to implement this in an upcoming release of the protocol and have opened an RFC to discuss this addition here: https://github.com/brannondorsey/chattervox/issues/19


This is a really great idea. Might be a good github issue to open?


I've opened one lest it gets forgotten: https://github.com/brannondorsey/chattervox/issues/10


I've opened an RFC for this issue and welcome comments here: https://github.com/brannondorsey/chattervox/issues/19


A rolling code might be another similar solution to the counter.


Or a nonce?




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