From: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 23:40:28 PST
To: Hal <74076.1041@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Re: possible solution to the anonymous h
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>> One other point I'd make with regard to Marc's message is that if PGP itself
>> is the problem, there's no reason the remailers can't use RIPEM.  That's
>> legal in the U.S., so the legality issue would not arise.  This might be
>> a good approach to take in broaching the subject with administrators.  I
>> haven't looked at RIPEM much but I'm sure the remailers could use it just
>> as easily as PGP.  Even non-encrypting remailers can provide basic
>> anonymous posting and mail, if those would be more acceptable.

I thought about this.  The major problem is that once the PEM
beta-testing period ends, all keys must be registered with "approved"
(by RSA) central authorities.  I highly doubt they'd issue
pseudonymous keys, but maybe they would allow someone to set up a
heirarchy especially for that purpose.  I'm not convinced.

		Marc