At 10:58 PM 12/30/1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
The Christmas attack against this list shows the need to develop lists which are resistant to attacks. If cyberspace is to become the town square of the next century, we need to be able to discourage brown shirts attacks on political gatherings. If lists are to be a major part of the political life of the community, then they must be resistant to attacks from knowledgeable, well financed attackers, not just the shits who were the most recent perps.
[Fine posting token proposal deleted.]
The easiest and fastest solution is to set up toad.com to charge a dollar per message. (Proceeds to be spent by John Gilmore as he sees fit.) We can then leverage off the existing e-cash infrastructure which already provides blinding software for free on all major platforms. What I like about this scheme is that well-financed attackers will be welcomed. A spam attack just means that John can buy more sushi! (I volunteer to modify majordomo to accept e-cash if there is enough interest in this proposal.) Peter Hendrickson ph@netcom.com