-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Did anyone but me notice that Eric Hughes and Tim May have reached a consensus in the on-going debate about signed posts? Tim says, "your house, your rules" and acknowledges that Eric is the de facto boss of the list. Tim expresses no real objection to Eric's first step except in a "slippery slope" sort of way. Personally, I'm against mandatory digitally signatures as a rerequisite for posting to Cypherpunks. On the other hand, I like the idea of having the list software automatic verify digital signatures. This is a valuable service I'm usually too lazy to perform for myself. Here's my suggestion. Eric should unilaterally impose his first step, i.e., all unsigned messages and messages with spoofed signatures will henceforth be flagged as such. Let's see what effect, if any, that has on the way people post their messages. After the protocol has been in effect for some time, we can re-open the topic for further discussion. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 iQCVAwUBLtulbk5ULTXct1IzAQERKQP/QKtfYC1MNpvxTNPeLTlxJeAcFiTrufKi M3I0vpH3gXRDZeeL+ff/8YyRbkDgYZEOu6Si/fZuiWWZCYNmAQb22QaQ9riW6amq ghIybvhd66i7rOntNIkcXOAGtk6rBJ8AVc3lFqmGEYBRW2p/+mATsAFaJ7Agj5K9 L9nc34T6Mb0= =sDH7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----