Before someone corrects me: I wrote: "Exceptions are the cases when an anonymous source has something "sensitive" to contribute, such as the release of the putative MD4 code, and the like." MD or RC4, I forget which it was. My point is that anonymity has been used to post stuff like this (putatively), and that this is a "good" use of anonymity. Good in the sense of being non-flamish, non-infantile. (Not everyone thinks using anonymous posts to "liberate" intellectual property is a "good" thing, but then I'm sure a lot of people don't think it's good that the secrets of how to fix plumbing are written up in books for all to read.) --Tim May Views here are not the views of my Internet Service Provider or Government. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."