[67962] in Cypherpunks
Re: exporting signatures only/CAPI (was Re: Why not PGP?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Sun Oct 13 13:11:56 1996
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 12:59:44 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v02130503ae865897f409@[10.0.2.15]> from "Steve Schear" at Oct 13, 96 08:28:02 am
Steve Schear wrote:
| I've been charged with developing an Internet service which needs to assure
| its clients of anonymity. However, we fear some clients may abuse the
| service and we wish to prevent the abusers from re-enrollment if
| terminated for misbehavior. (In your example, it would be the person(s)
| trying to discover the service host via flood).
Why not have a high sign up fee or deposit? Let people play
games, and pay for it. Trying to build morality into a crypto system
is tough. Its easier to move the costs up front. Let those who
want to pay the deposit fee repeatedly do so. Think of it as a tax
refund. :)
Adam
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