From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 94 15:46:38 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Signature Stripping a Bad Idea
Message-ID: <199407282246.PAA04279@netcom13.netcom.com>
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Reasons why attempts to automatically strip signatures a bad idea:

* Breaks the assumpton that remailers are not reaching in and
twiddling internals of a message.

* Maybe a signature is _desired_ at some point.

* Can lead to various problems, especially if implemented badly.

We've had this debate before, and the consensus was that treating a
remailed block as inviolate is a "win."

Certainly anyone can announce this "feature" as a service, sort of a
"Dummie's Remailer." Like censor services (that screen your mail),
such things are easily imaginable, but should never become the norm,
and should never be mandated.

--Tim May

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