NODE 013253f1Re: Anonymous Post Control
paul@fatmans.demon.co.ukSat, 4 Jan 1997 05:38:53 -0800 (PST)
> It would be nice if toad.com would verify signatures and insert a
> header into the messages with the PGP User Id of every poster.
> Then it would be very easy for many people to filter the messages
> using widely available off-the-shelf mail software.
Well the obvious answer seems to me to stop majordomo at toad.com
accepting ANY messages from anonymous sources but let pseudonyms
post, pseudonymous posting allows the owner of the nym to accumulate
reputation capital without disclosing his or her true identity.
Bear in mind of course that this is a purely technical answer and I
happen not to believe that anonymous posting should be stopped.
Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security
Paul Bradley, Paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
Paul@crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul@cryptography.uk.eu.org
Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/
Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1
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NODE 4a773cd3Re: Anonymous Post Control
dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)Sat, 4 Jan 1997 09:50:18 -0800 (PST)
paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk writes:
> Well the obvious answer seems to me to stop majordomo at toad.com
> accepting ANY messages from anonymous sources but let pseudonyms
> post, pseudonymous posting allows the owner of the nym to accumulate
> reputation capital without disclosing his or her true identity.
Paul Bradley accumulated oodles of reputation capital with his
obscene rants about "brute force attacks on one-time pads".
Now he wants more censorship.
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