Re: digital signature request

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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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