From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 18:11:12 PDT
To: macorp!moonlight!ken@uu4.psi.com (Ken Landaiche)
Subject: Re: Cyber honor
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Ken Landaiche wrote:

> So honor may after all have meaning in cyberspace, as some code of
> behavior that preserves one's "reputation".

What is important is a _persistent_ and _unforgeable_ identity, not a
physical indentity. Persistence is needed to attach a history to, and
an expectation of future behavior. Unforgeability for obvious reasons.

--Tim May


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