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From: werner
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 19:47

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quoting Jim Thompson
> On the face of it, Challenge/Response sounds marvelous.  Then you realize
> it will sink the Internet with the traffic density going up astronomically.

	Can you point to a web-site where that argument is being made, in
	some detail?  As far as I know (and can see) various such handshake
	protocols are the beginning and end in the design of all "loosely
	connected computer networks"...


> I think blacklisting ala SpamCop/SPEWS will ultimately settle the problem.

	in combination with some kind of challenge-response and "signing"
	system, yes...   :)

-- 
  /"\      ASCII...       ._.    ||   Stop Verisign DNS Abuse Petition 
  \ /     on Usenet       /v\    ||       www.whois.sc/verisign-dns
   X    ANYTHING ELSE   /(   )\  ||      "Don't Mess With Penguins!!"
  / \    IS BLOAT !!     ^^ ^^   ||       OPT-OUT is *UNACCEPTABLE*

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Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack
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