1994-04-04 - MAIL: prank

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From: Karl Lui Barrus <klbarrus@owlnet.rice.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 2b7b632c8f99dfb203efeaf38f1cc6b701368defcc3c4ca780f3dfebeb5ecd8c
Message ID: <9404040142.AA29777@seawolf.owlnet.rice.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-04-04 01:42:49 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 3 Apr 94 18:42:49 PDT

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From: Karl Lui Barrus <klbarrus@owlnet.rice.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 94 18:42:49 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: MAIL: prank
Message-ID: <9404040142.AA29777@seawolf.owlnet.rice.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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>The Zimmerman prank---I'm sure not funny for him---hardens my line
>further against anonymity online.  At its best, as here, it is an
>unholy nuisance.

Why?  If you think about it, the prank doesn't demonstrate why
anonymity is bad - it could have been off with ordinary mail forgery.

What is does demonstrate is the need for digital signatures and
authentication.  In the future you would just ignore an announcement
of this sort if it doesn't have a valid digital signature.

Karl L. Barrus
klbarrus@owlnet.rice.edu

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