1994-11-30 - Authentication at toad.com: WTF?

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From: “L. Todd Masco” <cactus@hks.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 8a8bf1dad62d1280d569bf602efc08a39c2bb6934edd75e67faf5f87d615bf42
Message ID: <199411301638.PAA05151@seabsd.hks.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-11-30 20:43:02 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 12:43:02 PST

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From: "L. Todd Masco" <cactus@hks.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 12:43:02 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Authentication at toad.com: WTF?
Message-ID: <199411301638.PAA05151@seabsd.hks.net>
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Does the idea of having the list software check signatures strike
anybody else as a Bad Idea?  Signatures should be checked locally
by the recipient -- otherwise one might as well ask the sender to
include a statement stating whether or not a message is authentic
and should be believed.  I wouldn't want to see cypherpunks being
used to propogate this false security -- majordomo can no more be
trusted, as an external agent, than a message's sender.

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• 1994-11-30 (Wed, 30 Nov 94 12:43:02 PST) - Authentication at toad.com: WTF? - “L. Todd Masco” <cactus@hks.net>
  • 1994-11-30 (Wed, 30 Nov 94 13:15:09 PST) - “Cyherpunks Named Official Signing Authority” - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
    • 1994-11-30 (Wed, 30 Nov 94 15:53:43 PST) - Re: “Cyherpunks Named Official Signing Authority” - eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
      • 1994-12-01 (Thu, 1 Dec 94 02:53:26 PST) - Re: “Cyherpunks Named Official Signing Authority” - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
        • 1994-12-01 (Thu, 1 Dec 94 08:02:20 PST) - Re: “Cyherpunks Named Official Signing Authority” - eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
    • 1994-12-02 (Thu, 1 Dec 94 19:49:36 PST) - 1% suspicion - Rick Busdiecker <rfb@lehman.com>
  • 1994-11-30 (Wed, 30 Nov 94 15:21:04 PST) - Re: Authentication at toad.com: WTF? - eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
    • 1994-12-01 (Wed, 30 Nov 94 16:14:30 PST) - Re: Authentication at toad.com: WTF? - cactus@bb.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)