From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 09:17:08 PST
To: Alan Bostick <abostick@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Data Haven problems
In-Reply-To: <ZwQ4lyczBSQA075yn@netcom.com>
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On Mon, 9 Jan 1995, Alan Bostick wrote:

> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 13:46:11 -0800
> From: Alan Bostick <abostick@netcom.com>
> To: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com, dfloyd@io.com
> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Data Haven problems
> 
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> In article <9501090448.AA14477@anchor.ho.att.com>, you wrote:
> 
> > Filtering by filename and type can also be useful - if you don't allow
> > files named *.gif and *.jpg, users may be less likely to
> > spam you with pornography.  Namespace control in general is an issue -
> > do users get to choose filenames, or list directories, or do they
> > have to know the names of files to retrieve. 
> > Another issue is whether files can only be retrieved by the sender -
> > probably a local policy issue.  
> 
> Pornographic images aren't spam _per_se._ What makes them troublesome is
> the huge number of people who wish to download them when their
> availability is widely known.  (My ISP's ftp site is being bogged down
> by lots of accesses; it is speculated that these are people trying to
> access pornography kept there.)

In many ways this shows how publically available porn could just pummel 
traffic analysis.

> 
> The obvious fix here is the same as the proposed fix for remailer
> spamming:  charge for access.
> 
> As a (presumably) fixed-location data haven, one would want to be able
> to use some kind of anonymous e-money for payment, but one could also
> use good, old-fashioned credit card numbers, too.
> 
> The feelthy peexture business might well be the cash cow that keeps a
> data-haven/fortress remailer afloat (if that's not too mixed a metaphor).
> 
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