LibTMCG is a C++ library for creating secure and fair online card games. The
library provides a sort of useful classes, algorithms, and high-level protocols
to support an application programmer in writing such software. The most
remarkable feature is the absence of a trusted third party (TTP), i.e. neither a
central game server nor trusted hardware components are necessary. Thus, with
the present library there is no need for an independent referee, because the
applied protocols provide a basic level of confidentiality and fairness by
itself. Consequently, the library is well-suited for peer-to-peer (P2P)
environments where no TTP is available. Of course, we cannot avoid that
malicious players share information about their private cards, but the protocols
ensure that the shuffle of the deck is performed randomly (presumed that at
least one player is honest) and thus the cards will be distributed uniformly
among the players. Further, no coalition can learn the private cards of a player
against his will (except for trivial conclusions). The corresponding
cryptographic problem, actually called Mental Poker, has been studied since 1979
(Shamir, Rivest, and Adleman) by many authors. LibTMCG provides the first
practical implementation of such protocols.
Remove WWW entries moved into port Makefiles
Commit b7f05445c00f has added WWW entries to port Makefiles based on
WWW: lines in pkg-descr files.
This commit removes the WWW: lines of moved-over URLs from these
pkg-descr files.
Approved by: portmgr (tcberner)
Add WWW entries to port Makefiles
It has been common practice to have one or more URLs at the end of the
ports' pkg-descr files, one per line and prefixed with "WWW:". These
URLs should point at a project website or other relevant resources.
Access to these URLs required processing of the pkg-descr files, and
they have often become stale over time. If more than one such URL was
present in a pkg-descr file, only the first one was tarnsfered into
the port INDEX, but for many ports only the last line did contain the
port specific URL to further information.
There have been several proposals to make a project URL available as
a macro in the ports' Makefiles, over time.
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