1994-11-30 - Mandatory sig workaround

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From: cactus@bb.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 30d97725bd35a93eff5215ebaa43d0f435ada6d7d05bda0c5f647bca0a83195a
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UTC Datetime: 1994-11-30 04:07:14 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 29 Nov 94 20:07:14 PST

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From: cactus@bb.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 94 20:07:14 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Mandatory sig workaround
Message-ID: <3bgtvf$edn@bb.hks.net>
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So what's the big deal?

Eric sets the list to slow down unsigned posts and somebody else sets up
a remailer that generates a key for each post, signs it, and forwards
it.  Similar workarounds abound for every twist and turn in the policy
until the policy is dead or the rules are too restrictive (IE, only
"human-approved" key signatures are accepted).  A fun game, certainly
(I'll play!), but hardly a productive way to spend time.

It always happens that when hacker A tries to enforce an arbitrary rule
on other hackers, hacker B will find an automatic workaround.
-- 
Todd Masco     | "Roam home to a dome, Where Georgian and Gothic once stood
cactus@hks.net |  Now chemical bonds alone guard our blond(e)s,
cactus@bb.com  |  And even the plumbing looks good."  - B Fuller

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• 1994-11-30 (Tue, 29 Nov 94 20:07:14 PST) - Mandatory sig workaround - cactus@bb.hks.net (L. Todd Masco)
  • 1994-11-30 (Tue, 29 Nov 94 23:07:24 PST) - Re: Mandatory sig workaround - eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
    • 1994-11-30 (Wed, 30 Nov 94 06:39:54 PST) - Re: Mandatory sig workaround - Bob Snyder <snyderra@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu>
      • 1994-11-30 (Wed, 30 Nov 94 13:43:59 PST) - Re: Mandatory sig workaround - eric@remailer.net (Eric Hughes)
        • 1994-12-01 (Thu, 1 Dec 94 02:22:16 PST) - Re: Mandatory sig workaround - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
          • 1994-12-01 (Thu, 1 Dec 94 05:46:58 PST) - Re: Mandatory sig workaround - roy@cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
            • 1994-12-01 (Thu, 1 Dec 94 11:18:24 PST) - Re: Mandatory sig workaround - tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)