Date: Mon, 1 Mar 93 14:08:14 EST From: pmetzger@shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger) I think that instead you should have a less than optimistic view of the quality of our current netnews software. The problem you list can be fixed with public key cryptography and some intelligent changes. As another example, its easy to assure that moderated newsgroups are run just by the moderator -- he public key signs instead of posting with the "Authorized" header. Easy as pi. And you have an over optimistic view about how fast new netnews software could be developed and deployed. Also, keep in mind that netnews is run by lots of real sites, who have real assets which could be reached if sued by RSA. There doesn't seem to be a lot of realism in these discussions, which is really bothering me. Oh, well.... - Ted