> > ... you asked about trust query protocols, not about blackhole > > lists. as the creator of the first blackhole list, let me just say, > > "they don't scale." > > Are you saying that a new secure scalable trust query protocol be help? more of a "new trust system" than what you said. one thing to chew on is, there are many orders of magnitude more potential bad actors than potential good ones. > What about the inherent resistance of existing people to change? there's no way to get existing people to change... against their will.