[10617] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Unsolicited Advertising - A Proposal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Feb 28 21:35:28 1994
To: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>
Cc: ietf@crni.reston.va.us, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Feb 1994 14:43:29 EST."
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 14:35:48 +22306256
On Sun, 27 Feb 1994 14:43:29 EST, you said:
> --CERT would post this list both to a subscription list of interested
> parties as well as on Usenet.
>
> --A method of guaranteeing the validity of this data would be used.
First, we have to deploy PEM or PGP everyplace in order to allow the sites
to authenticate the list. Otherwise, you can have a field day forging
messages implicating a rival company.
Then, we have to resolve the cryptography export problem.
Then, we get to resolve the problem that "the people who would read this
list" are not the same as "the people who get torqued off when they get
junk mail".
And do *you* want your systems administrator to arbitrarily cancel your
incoming e-mail, just because somebody had posted to a list saying that
the person had posted something unsolicited?
A complex and confusing set of issues, best resolved with a baseball bat. ;)
Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Engineer
Virginia Tech
