Re: [DIYbio] Re: Meeting times

Key signing and hash verification etc. are all well and good, but they
don't mean anything until you can verify that the hashed-and-signed
digital representation actually matches the DNA.

To meaningfully confirm the content of a DNA strand calls for a DNA
hashing method; DNA barcoding is a step in this direction for whole
species, but a method for smaller molecules that generates useful and
visibly distinct output would be needed to "hash" plasmids.

On 01/10/12 22:57, Bryan Bishop wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would actually worry more about physical DNA being faked or 'malwared',
>> so I'm a propenent of keeping the repo digital. We should start by
>> mirroring the existing registry(s).
>
>
> I am surprised Marc hasn't setup public key signing of the DNA samples from
> Biofab yet. Hmm. This is a probably a thing that we should do.
>
> - Bryan
> http://heybryan.org/
> 1 512 203 0507
>

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