From: fergp@sytex.com (Paul Ferguson)
Date: Fri, 28 May 93 21:38:38 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Oh, da horrah.
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On Thu, 27 May 93 23:04:21 -0600,
 ""L. Detweiler"" <uunet!longs.lance.colostate.edu!ld231782> wrote -
 
> Apparently someone has forged a Sternlight posting on sci.crypt and
> alt.privacy.clipper. If the author can hear me: you should be severely
> ashamed. I've said before that Sternlight is actually (in a warped way)
> a *resource* to the net because of his representation of the NSA and
> `fuzzy-brained public' opinion. Without him, we'd have nothing but all
> of ourselves in a bland choir.
 
> Cypherpunks, maybe we can help track down the culprit. The forgery says
> `recently, some have called me a dupe'. Perhaps it is an allusion to a
> recent flame war wherein the counterfeiter participated.
 
> Cypherpunks are sneaky, but not sleazy. I look forward to the day when
> digital signatures and other authentication methods make forged
> postings like this a strange historical anachronism.
 
I'm surprised no one realized this before now. My first reaction to
this was that of humor. My second reaction was that I felt embarrassed
for thinking it was funny. My subsequent reaction was that of irony.
As was overheard in the newsgroup -
 
> From: steiner@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Jason 'Think!' Steiner)
> Date: 27 May 93 07:09:07 EST
 
> heh. maybe David should start signing his posts with PGP so he won't
> have this problem in the future. :^)
 
> [yeah, the irony was deliberatly manufactured by whoever forged that
> post, but it's still too good to pass up.]
 
I couldn't agree more. I do, however, agree that it was a pretty
sleazy trick on somone's part -- but the irony factor is just too
surreal.
 
Cheers.
 
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