-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- An entity calling itself "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU> is alleged to have written:
Now, this guy copied that file from my web site. Fine -- it was up for FTP. But editing my comments to *support* Neo-Nazis and leaving my name is just fucking too much. I've sent him polite mail requesting a change. We'll see what happens.
Polite? You show more restraint than most of us would I suspect. Actually it is probably a good tactic for the first encounter.
Cypherpunk relevance? Authentication for web pages. There's no reason for a reasonable person to believe, at first glance, that I was *not* the author.
It is possible to PGP-clearsign web pages using comments. PGP's insertion of "- " before any line beginning with "-" might cause a problem, but you'll just have to be a little more careful. I'm considering hacking up a "PGP verification service" web page which will accept a PGP-signed URL, retrieve it, verify it, and report the results. Of course I'll make it clear that this service is very susceptible to active attacks. On a related topic it would probably be wise for you to clear-sign your mail, Declan. Establish a public key with me, and next time I see mail from you saying "I've been reading about this 'the Holocaust was a hoax' stuff and it's actually kind of convincing." I'll know where to lay the authorship of the words... :-) Regards, Bryce "Toys, Tools and Technologies" the Niche New Signal Consulting -- C++, Java, HTML, Ecash Bryce PGP sig follows -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Auto-signed under Unix with 'BAP' Easy-PGP v1.01 iQCVAwUBMRIWjPWZSllhfG25AQE4UwP/eFEXJ0qoocgRdcNFqf2jeW/XOe8UNA8k cQkYRSuyTwODEbNtkoLWoAGh+ucttGToy13uvA2e4WO8PG3LD2BVQlHP5Xi/umip XpUn+Ge7fbCm4O2dlogf6HNLmTNo5BrwX8ET46wn1K4hLf695cIyYoMToua+4xWr azZPYCg+eYs= =unP7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----