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Re: Crypto for some of the DNS/TM mess
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Thu Mar 4 10:09:13 1999
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 11:09:29 +0000
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
To: cryptography@c2.net
Anonymous wrote:
> The ability to register a few identities which would survive a challenge
> won't be too helpful for people who want to secretly register thousands
> of DNs without their duplicity being detected...
Sure, but suppose I own a block of flats, or an office block. I can rent
"identity space" to anyone who wants to register hundreds of identities,
which will easily get around this restriction. Could be quite a
lucrative business actually. Somewhat akin to PO boxes...
Cheers,
Ben.
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