Re: Hardening lists against spam attacks

[Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>]

Bill Frantz wrote:
> The Christmas attack against this list shows the need to develop lists
> which are resistant to attacks.  If cyberspace is to become the town square
> of the next century, we need to be able to discourage brown shirts attacks
> on political gatherings.  If lists are to be a major part of the political
> life of the community, then they must be resistant to attacks from
> knowledgeable, well financed attackers, not just the shits who were the
> most recent perps.

[snip]

> All messages sent to the list must be encrypted with the list's public key.

So in order to post here, I hafta install and run PGP?  Well, people
were looking for the perfect formula to deny service to guys like me,
and guess what?  You found it!  I will *not* install and run PGP.