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Re: digital signature request

2004-02-25 08:36:15
On Wed February 25 2004 09:53, John Stracke wrote:

Dave Aronson wrote:
Requiring digsigs on a list would help cut down on spammers forging
list members' addies to spam "only members can post" lists.

Not necessarily.  Spam viruses would then start collecting people's
private keys.

Theoretically possible, but at least it would significantly raise the 
bar.  Also, I would suppose that the people who use digsigs (at least 
with the current level of difficulty) are mostly clueful enough to 
avoid most viruses!  B-)

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