Transitive trust and MLM
Bill Frantz
frantz at netcom.com
Wed May 8 01:09:37 PDT 1996
At 11:13 PM 5/7/96 -0400, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
>From: IN%"frantz at netcom.com" 7-MAY-1996 23:02:33.09
>
>>Some of the solution to this problem may come from the answer to the
>>question, "What am I trusting the receiver with?" I can see a number of
>>possibilities:
>
> I think you've forgotten to allow for the signature use. I may want to
>know if someone who's posting is indeed the usual/proper person posting from
>that address, and in most situations without transitivity I won't be able to
>tell.
Indeed, signing is something I shouldn't forget (having harassed Senator
Leahy on the same subject). I will offer two observations on the subject:
(1) Many posts signed by the same key define a personality. The key is
"key", not the email address, but they become associated. (2) When in
doubt, ask the poster via private email. This method reduces to the levels
of trust I described in, "What am I trusting the receiver with?"
N.B. I don't sign my posts because I want "implausible deniability".
Regards - Bill
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