While I'm not sure if the LD/S.Boxx situation, and the general claims of "pseudospoofing" are motivating Eric's idea, I certainly don't see a system of "weak" digital sigs (weak meaning no real checking) doing anything.
7. Finally, I have yet to see any serious evidence that this so-called pseudospoofing is going on, that is, that people are pretending to be others.
Several people have inferred or assumed that Eric's suggestion was in response to this "pseudospoofing" circus. As I read his original message, he simply hoped to provide an incentive for the use of digital signatures, and to encourage the writing of software to make this easier. After all, digital signatures don't prevent the establishment of pseudonyms -- in fact, they indirectly promote it by preventing "claim-jumping" on an established nym.
I've never seen anyone else claim to be me, at least not seriously,
I am you. Seriously.
--Tim
Eli ebrandt@jarthur.claremont.edu