From: Mixmaster <mixmaster@remail.obscura.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 01:56:49 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: cute
Message-ID: <199711021741.JAA23263@sirius.infonex.com>
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> There was a discussion a little while ago suggesting that toad.com had
> been compromised by people who were sowing dissension by partially
> distributing certain messages.  Had toad signed all of its messages,
> it would be possible to obtain evidence supporting this hypothesis
> without relying entirely on the word of people we may not know.

How do signed messages deal with the incompleat distribushun problem?
If legit signed messages are not sent to half the list, what does
the sig gain us?

> Had somebody compromised toad, they would still have to correctly sign
> messages.

But, depending on the compromise, this could be possible.

> > This would also prevent an attack where somebody forges mail from a
> > cypherpunks list machine to flush out identities.  If the attacker
> > sends a unique message to every person, he or she will be able to
> > break an identity if the message is replied to on the list.

Thats why its a good ideal to missquote peaple.   And to only reply
from the account you read on.  And to use remalers.


Monty Cantspell
Editor in Chief
Groan Magazine
http://www.neoism.org/squares/groan_index.html
http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantspell_10.htm

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