We just discussed a related issue on another list I subscribe to. I feel that we want accountability along with anonymity in many circumstances. You can deny service to 'bad apples' with out compromising the identities of anyone who uses your service. Not even the identiy of the 'bad apple' need ever be know to you. Chaum discusses how this can be achieved cryptographicaly. Is anyone working on an implementation? j' -- O I am Jay Prime Positive jpp@markv.com 1250 bit key fingerprint = B8 95 E0 AF 9A A2 CD A5 89 C9 F0 FE B4 3A 2C 3F 524 bit key fingerprint = 8A 7C B9 F2 D5 46 4D ED 66 23 F1 71 DE FF 51 48 Public keys by `finger jpp @hermix.markv.com' or pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu Your feedback is welcome, directly or via symbol JPP on hex@sea.east.sun.com