Re: TC May's policy change proposal
1. Could we people make an effort to pick reasonably meaningful thread titles? Agreed. A few people on this list have mailed me privately (thanx for
tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) writes: the discretion, guys!) and told me my Subject: headers were coming up as (None). All mailing lists are gated to local newsgroups here at Eternal. As a result, my newsreader doesn't seem to like maintaining subject headers on mailing list mail. It's a known bug... *sigh* "Ok," you ask,"...what's the point?" The point is this: If I can take the time to manually change the subject, working around an annoying bug in my software (it'll be fixed literally RSN, BTW), everyone else can take the time to do it right. :-)
2. People should feel free to edit the subject line to better reflect the topic of their post. Agreed. Since I can't preserve the subject heading as a result of aforementioned cyber-roach (hey, I _like_ that term!), I _have_ to make up creative titles. So can all of you. You've shown you're smart, and by being a 'punk, you've shown you care about privacy, crypto, and all that other good stuff. Don't skimp on subjects. :-)
3. Forwards are really getting out of hand. It seems that the "Four Letter Acronyms" of CPSR, EPIC, ACLU, and EFF (an honorary FLA) Agreed, again. Perhaps we should change "policy" to dictate that only members of the organization in question should forward "infograms" to the list. Forwarded Usenet posts should be pointered and perhaps summarized. Beyond that is wasted traffic, IMHO.
This list is not a place to ask 500-600 people "What's so bad about Clipper?" or "Can't the NSA break any cipher with enough effort?" Do you mean to imply that "Everything" and "Yes" aren't good enough answers from 500-600 people? :-)
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This list is not a place to ask 500-600 people "What's so bad about Clipper?" or "Can't the NSA break any cipher with enough effort?" Do you mean to imply that "Everything" and "Yes" aren't good enough answers from 500-600 people? :-)
--Jeff
No, because the correct answer to the second question is not "Yes," but is clearly "No." I refer readers to the sci.crypt FAQ, the RSA FAQ, or books such as "Applied Cryptography." (Hint for those who don't want to: one time pads (Vernam ciphers) and things like RSA with 1000-digit moduli.) ("Enough effort" can be interpreted in a circular way to ensure the answer is 'Yes," as a truism. This is meaningless, if "enough effort" is impossible to achieve, as with OTPs, or is beyond the energy in the universe. If "enough effort" is interpreted to mean theft or rubber hose crytanalysis, all bets are off. But most people who ask the question I cited don't mean these loopholes.) --Tim -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."
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