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In article <DABqxD.xz@world.std.com> jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley) writes:

>  Newsgroups: ne.general,la.general,ba.general,nh.general,nyc.general
>  From: jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley)
>  Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 15:56:01 GMT
>  
>  Travis Corcoran <tjic@porsche.icd.teradyne.com> wrote:
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>  What is this big deal with massive PGP signatures on trivial posts?  Who the
>  hell cares if Travis Corcoran thinks that New England is run by leftists?

Why I PGP sign my messages:

(1) political statement: cryptography and digital signatures are a
	GOOD THING.
(2) recruiting: I've had several people inquire about my PGP
	signatures and end up being convinced that they should learn how to
	use PGP.
(3) non-deniability: I stand behind what I say.  By signing a message
	I not only state my opinion, but communicate the statement "I am on
	record as saying this.  I'm not afraid to have someone say that I said
	this.  Go ahead and verify it."
(4) forgery resistance:  Because I sign almost everything I post,
	if/when someone forges a post with my name at the end, I'll be able to
	say "look, { there was no signature, and I always sign things | the
	signature doesn't verify - it wasn't me }.

>  I could understand if this was something truely serious, but cluttering up
>  posts with PGP signature THAT NOBODY'S EVER GOING TO CHECK does seem like
>  a massive waste of time & visual space.

(1) Given the bendwidth used to squirt billions of web pages around
	every day and shuttle alt.pictures.* to every UseNet site, I don't
	think 400 or so extra bytes on 1 or 2 posts a day is going to result
	in substantial degradation of network performance.

(2) I wrote, use, and distribute software that automatically verifies
	all signatures encountered in UseNet and email.  Some of the people
	who use that software receive email from me, and many of them read
	some of the same mailing-lists and newsgroups as I do.  Thus, I
	personally know of several dozen people who, with out trying, verify
	each of my posts.  There are other software tools out there that do
	much the same thing; I have no idea how many people use them and
	therefore verify my posts.

By the way, I stand behind everything I've just said in this message.
If you want, you can grab my key off a public server and verify
this...;)

- -- 
TJIC (Travis J.I. Corcoran)                            TJIC@icd.teradyne.com
                              Member EFF, NRA, GOAL
                  opinions(TJIC) != opinions(employer(TJIC))            	
        "Buy a rifle, encrypt your data, and wait for the Revolution!"
PGP encrypted mail prefered- mail for key.  Ask me about mail-secure for EMACS.


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