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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Thu May 27 1999 - 23:44:20
mgraffam@idsi.net
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 21:27:29 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 lithron@bellsouth.net wrote:
> Perhaps not. If the modified sendmail (as was mentioned in the
> above snipped text) were to just check for an "X-HASHCASH="
> header then the client need not be modified. A portable C program
> could be written that generates a hashcash for the user. This way
> certian unmodifiable email clients (most anything commerical)
> could still be used
Yeah, plug-ins are a good option, but I see a problem in distribution.
Making PGP plug-ins is easy. Getting people to use them is the hard part.
Thats the trick, and getting people to go out and change their
configuration around is plenty hard. I'd make the wager that most people
on this list have played with their system config just for fun at one
point or another. For the average computer user, having to mess with their
system configuration is a nightmare.
If the mail clients shipped with hashcash ability already built in and
ready to go, then we'd only need to wait for the day when most everyone
was upgraded.. then we just flip the switch in sendmail, and make
X-HASHCASH required.
Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@idsi.net)
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Thu May 27 1999 - 23:44:20