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Re: Reliable, mass distribution (was Re: CEOlink)
From: Simon Lyall <simon.lyall () ihug co nz>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:50:50 +1200 (NZST)
On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Sean Donelan wrote:
It would be interesting to come up with a protocol that combined the robust flooding algorithm of USENET with a way to verify the source (i.e. prevent spam).
I'm not sure what problems you see with Usenet that would prevent it being used for what you require. It's certainly almost as easy to varify as email. With email you let just about any site on the internet contact you and send deliver using any address, with news you have a limited number of sites that you have directly authorized. You can also sign (via pgp or whatever) news articles the same way you sign email messages. It is also fairly easy to make news keep working even after long-term DNS failures (it tends to not be affected by short term ones). Verifying the source is not the same as preventing spam, like email spam most news spam comes from open sites and throw away accounts. I doubt most people here check most web pages and email messages they view for DNS poisoning or forged headers. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall () ihug co nz Senior Network/System Admin | Postmaster | Home: simon () darkmere gen nz ihug, Auckland, NZ | Asst Doorman | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz
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