From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <43468F25.9080007@village.com> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:07:17 -0400 From: Wes Kussmaul User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] stubbing References: <434689BF.7080700@anvil.com> In-Reply-To: <434689BF.7080700@anvil.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9629240c-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Dave Lukes wrote: > I'm sure we'd all like to hear of a spam-protection system which isn't = a=20 > PITA to administer > and which actually delivers the message before the recipient dies of ol= d=20 > age: > greylisting is too slow for our business. > Sadly, in reality, I suspect that what we have here (spamassassin and=20 > 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=20 credentials that fortify rather than erode privacy will solve most of=20 the spam problem. Relevant cliche': "It's been tried many times. A reliable, large-scale,=20 deployable PKI will never happen." Exhibit A: Skype is a massive, working, worldwide, trouble-free PKI that=20 was just bought by a company (eBay) that desperately needs the kind of=20 transactional authenticity/integrity that a PKI like Skype can provide. Exhibit B (to be introduced shortly; will demonstrate that reliable=20 identities, while labor intensive, are obtainable) You're welcome. Wes The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments=20 to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s)=20 and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not=20 the intended recipient, please notify attorney Mort Hapless at Vulner,=20 Exposed & Wideopen LLP immediately at either (781) 647-7178, or at=20 ohoh@vulex.com, and destroy all copies of this message and any=20 attachments. No, really. Really. Listen, we mean it! Hey, if you don=92t=20 stop reading that confidential stuff about our client you=92re in big=20 trouble. OK, we=92re the ones in trouble but we=92ll find a way to go aft= er=20 you, or at least we think we may be able to. Look, we=92re begging you.=20 Just click the delete button and move on to a message that concerns you,=20 OK? Please?? We'll buy you lunch...