On Thu, 4 Aug 1994, Bob Snyder wrote:
This may be blasphomey on this list, but I don't have a problem with the restriction on obscuring the meaning of transmissions on the amateur bands.
Etc. I've been using PGP for authenticating my packet messages for some months, for precisely the reasons you outlined. I get the occasional "stop wasting bl**dy bandwidth" but most of the time it results in more PGP users. I'm also careful to explain that PGP can't be used to prove I did NOT write an unsigned nasty-gram (until we get true authentication within the BBS, by which I hope the concept of a BBS will disappear :-) but it makes a strong case if I sign ALL my bulletins. Yes, we get forged messages on Amateur packet radio; some of them are quite defamatory. -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) | dave@esi.com.au | VK2KFU @ VK2AAB.NSW.AUS.OC | PGP 2.6 Opinions expressed are mine. | E7 FE 97 88 E5 02 3C AE 9C 8C 54 5B 9A D4 A0 CD