Re: Hardening lists against spam attacks

[ph@netcom.com (Peter Hendrickson)]

At 10:58 PM 12/30/1996, 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.

> [Fine posting token proposal deleted.]

The easiest and fastest solution is to set up toad.com to charge a
dollar per message.  (Proceeds to be spent by John Gilmore as he
sees fit.)

We can then leverage off the existing e-cash infrastructure which
already provides blinding software for free on all major platforms.

What I like about this scheme is that well-financed attackers will
be welcomed.  A spam attack just means that John can buy more sushi!

(I volunteer to modify majordomo to accept e-cash if there is enough
interest in this proposal.)

Peter Hendrickson
ph@netcom.com