Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 03:27-EST From: Marc.Ringuette@GS80.SP.CS.CMU.EDU Self-protection Protection via rules --------------- -------------------- Allow anonymous posting Use software to Forbid all in all newsgroups; use allow anonymity in anonymous posting. information filters. some groups only. Handle volume bombs by Track down volume bombs using digital postage and and disconnect the offender. information filters. There's only one problem.... information filters and digital postage are not widely available right now, and will probably not be widely used for a long time. And while digital postage sounds nice, as long as once remailer site doesn't require digital postage, twits will still be able to perform volume bombs. So until the majority of the people reading USENET have the means of self-protection, is it unreasonable to that people get protected via some set of rules? You say that what you suggesting is a "Libertarian standard"; yet even the most rabid Libertarians believe in having rules against murder, and violence, instead of claiming that everyone must train themselves in martial arts so they can defend themselves..... - Ted