[43629] in Cypherpunks
.Sig Heilarchy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Sat Nov 18 23:10:30 1995
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 23:03:38 -0500
From: Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
.SIG HEILARCHY REVEALED
>Logically, a pseudonym is simply a public key. However you may want
>to give it a human-readable name so other people may more easily refer
>to it. If you decide to do this, I suggest that you do not name the key
>on its first post because there is a high probability that you will decide
>to disgard the key. If you name it and throw it away, then you have
>unnecessarily cluttered up the limited name space.
>
> - a new entity, as yet unnamed
"Cluttering up the namespace" is a growing problem. Fortunately, the InterNIC has taken on the important task of registering pseudonyms, and will coordinate the issuance of new pseudonyms with the Postal Service.
[The issuance of these items is temporarily on hold due to the Government Shutdown (tm).]
The fee for this will likely be quite reasonable, in the $300/year range, consistent with SAIC's plans for other emerging markets.
The InterNIC also sees great promise in collecting fees for .sig blocks, tentatively priced at $10 per line per year. As SAIC Chairman Bobby Ray Inman points out, this is the easiest way to control the proliferation of long .sig blocks.
--Klaus! von Future Prime, a Sanctioned Pseudonym
[.sig removed by order of the InterNIC .Sig Heilarchy until Herr von Future Prime sends us his past due amount]
