[41730] in Cypherpunks
Re: Anonymity: A Modest Proposal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca)
Wed Oct 18 16:21:11 1995
From: s1018954@aix2.uottawa.ca
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 16:15:02 -0400 (EDT)
To: t byfield <tbyfield@panix.com>
Cc: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v02120d00acaabce496b3@DialupEudora>
On Wed, 18 Oct 1995, t byfield wrote:
> At 9:42 AM 10/18/95, Hal wrote:
>
> Of course. The problem is that protocols as implemented permit
> header-forging: it's a practical fact of the net, and one that maybe
> shouldn't be overlooked on (basically vague) 'moral' grounds, any more than
The courts can't overlook it either. There goes liability. If I posted
pirated software from this account, according to what you're saying, I could
claim a forgery and show reasonable doubt.
