At 11:17 PM -0700 10/23/97, semprini@theschool.com wrote:

I don't think I'm out of line here in saying that all this spoofing of other users is a bit childish. I'm sure there are better things one could find to do with one's time. (Possibly work on cracking RSA's 128- bit key?)

I agree, but I think you'll soon see that any calls for the perpetrator(s) to cool it will only increase his or her output. Every year or so we've had some Source of Amusement (his amusement, if not ours). Consult the archives for who the perpetrators were in past years. Consult the extended headers on the spoofed messages for clues on who this year's clown is. (Hint: Look for "Received: from wombat.sk.sympatico.ca" in the extended headers. Connections to little dogs from Kansas, bad rock bands from Africa, Jim Beam, Elvis's agent, and chainsaws are readily apparent.) There's something about the Cypherpunks list that causes some people to decide it would be a kewl act of performance art to disrupt it, distract it, stalk it, and mailbomb it. And complaining never helps...it only stimulates their performance art juices. There's a sociology thesis in this for someone. --Tim May The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^2,976,221 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."