Re: Entrust Technologies's Solo - free download
Sandy Harris writes:
Cypherpunks & Freedom Knights. Both should be very happy to see strong encryption becoming more widely available.
Yes, we are.
as long they continue to employ the child-molesting pedophile Chris R. Lewis - the biggest forger on Usenet. What this scum is actually upset about is Chris Lewis cancelling spam. He calls that "forgery" because the spammer's name goes in the sender field of the cancel message. Nonsense.
According to RFC 1036 forging cancels for articles that do not originate from your news site is not allowed. He is clearly in violation of the RFCs. Spam jihads are not sufficient reason to ignore internet protocols.
Dimitri, the "forgeries" are going to continue until someone comes up with a better way of dealing with spam.
There -is- a better way. It's called the delete key. Few seem to want to use it, which fits with humanity's general lack of personal responsibility.
The crap about pedophilia is also, of course, nonsense. It seems to be a favorite slur lately with several grossly misguided people who think calling people they dislike pedophiles is a way to "defend freedom of speech".
You have a better way to demonstrate free speech? ------ Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
Dave Hayes wrote:
Sandy Harris writes:
What this scum is actually upset about is Chris Lewis cancelling spam. He calls that "forgery" because the spammer's name goes in the sender field of the cancel message. Nonsense.
According to RFC 1036 forging cancels for articles that do not originate from your news site is not allowed. He is clearly in violation of the RFCs. Spam jihads are not sufficient reason to ignore internet protocols.
Spamming is a crime (theft of computer resources) and sometimes such acts may be justifiable self-defense, such as when I steal from my employer because they don't pay me enough, or when I lie on my income tax forms because I want to keep my money for myself. Just because Chris Lewis has complete disregard for internet protocol and feels justified in violating the "trust" that others place in the headers of the email they receive, is no reason to believe that he should not be "Entrust(ed)" with working in an area that might affect the security of a large number of people. -- Martin Pool <m.pool@pharos.com.au> Pharos Business Solutions
At 1:05 PM 7/30/97 -0700, Paul Pomes wrote:
At 11:42 PDT on Wednesday, July 30, 1997, Dave Hayes wrote:
Dimitri, the "forgeries" are going to continue until someone comes up with a better way of dealing with spam. - Paul Pomes
There -is- a better way. It's called the delete key. Few seem to want to use it, which fits with humanity's general lack of personal responsibility. - Dave Hayes
Au contraire, cancels are the better way. It spares me from having to hit the delete key so many times. It also serves as a negative incentive and slows the growth of spam. - Paul Pomes
It is not a good idea to impose censorship on others by supporting the laziness of Paul Pomes. Jai Maharaj jai@mantra.com Om Shanti
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