misunderstandings of PICS

[Bill Frantz]

At  4:40 PM 5/6/96 -0400, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
>From:   IN%"frantz at netcom.com" 16-APR-1996 20:19:13.88
>>From http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/PICS/iacwc.htm
>>The second method is for a client to ask an http server to send labels along
>>with the documents it requests. The server would most likely offer the
>>publishers' labels, but a server could also redistribute labels from third
>>parties that it cooperates with. [Client sends URL of label service to browser
>>which responds with that service's label.  bf]

OBCRYPTO: PICS envisions that ratings distributed by this second method
will be digitally signed by the 3rd party rating service.



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