Re: [9fans] stubbing

[Wes Kussmaul <wes@village.com>]

Dave Lukes wrote:

> I'm sure we'd all like to hear of a spam-protection system which isn't a 
> PITA to administer
> and which actually delivers the message before the recipient dies of old 
> age:
> greylisting is too slow for our business.
> Sadly, in reality, I suspect that what we have here (spamassassin and 
> blacklists up the eyeballs)
> is about as good as it gets:
> evidence to the contrary gratefully received.

Evidence to the contrary:

Premise: A reliable, large-scale, deployable PKI with reliable identity 
credentials that fortify rather than erode privacy will solve most of 
the spam problem.

Relevant cliche': "It's been tried many times. A reliable, large-scale, 
deployable PKI will never happen."

Exhibit A: Skype is a massive, working, worldwide, trouble-free PKI that 
was just bought by a company (eBay) that desperately needs the kind of 
transactional authenticity/integrity that a PKI like Skype can provide.

Exhibit B (to be introduced shortly; will demonstrate that reliable 
identities, while labor intensive, are obtainable)

You're welcome.

Wes


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