On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Christopher J. Shaulis wrote:
In the future, you will have to sign all packets (with a key conveniently available from verisign and noone else).
No - the company that will bring it to you: AT&T :) Seriously - putting this sort of stuff at the IP layer is not doable; confidentiality and encryption, at least on a host-to-host basis is sensible (we know a protocol about that, don't we children) Application AND user level authentication doesn't fit so well below the application level. Simon p.s. Am I the only one to find it really wierd that the Unabomber had a pen-pal? Guess they don't last long.. --- They say in online country So which side are you on boys There is no middle way Which side are you on You'll either be a Usenet man Which side are you on boys Or a thug for the CDA Which side are you on? National Union of Computer Operatives; Hackers, local 37 APL-CPIO