Re: Mainstreaming PGP on Usenet

[ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)]

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To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Mainstreaming PGP on Usenet

Dr. Dimitri Vulis wrote:
> 
> Just Rich <rich@c2.org> writes:
> > comp.os.ms-windows.announce will also start using PGPMoose when I get
> > around to it, probably today.
> 
> All moderated newsgroups should use it.
> 
> However the robomoderator that Igor Chudov wrote uses digital signatures to
> authenticate _posters as follows: there's a "white list" (as opposed to "black
> list") of trusted posters whose submissions will be approved and posted
> automatically, without going through any moderator. A person on the "white
> list" can request that the robomod check his signature and not post it if the
> submission may be a forged e-mail. I strongly urged Igor to make digital
> signatures mandatory for "white list" membership, but he argued that a lot of
> likely posters lack the brains to use PGP. The robomod will look at things like
> "Received" lines in the e-mailed submission to try and detect forgeries.

This is not exactly correct. The check for white list will be there
exactly as you specified. It will have a toggle switch, so that we
can turn it on and off, depending on how badly we are hit with
forgeries.

> 
> While at it, here's a pre-filled ballot. Just add your name and e-mail it
> to russian-vote@netagw.com.
> 

Please do NOT use this pre-filled ballot to vote (although of course
I would be pleased with cypherpunks helping to let such an experiment
go). According to voting rules, you have to vote only in response to the
full CFV posted to news.groups. If you do not have access to news or
your news system expired the CFV already, you can retrieve the CFV
(containing the rationale, charter and the ballot) by sending email to
russian-cfv-request@netagw.com. Body of your message will be ignored.

All votes that use pre-filled ballots are invalid.

	- Igor.

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