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The MIT 2004 Spam Conference

Posted Jan 29, 2004 12:34 UTC (Thu) by AdamInPoland (guest, #19036)
In reply to: The MIT 2004 Spam Conference by farnz
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The other difference is that the stamp system can be setup fairly tranparently by sysadmins, thus overcoming the social barriers to implementing OpenPGP. It doesn't have to be obligatory, but stamped mail could start out by being another factor that a filtering system looks at. That way, it can very quickly become a standard.

Obviously getting everyone to use PGP is a better solution, but while we're waiting for a solution to that one, stamping to me seems like a big part of the answer.

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The MIT 2004 Spam Conference

Posted Jan 29, 2004 12:40 UTC (Thu) by esjatharvee (guest, #19038) [Link]

one of the things I hope to accomplish within the framework of the camram project is an opportunistic signature system. Two parties introduce themselves using proof of work stamps, then continue using signatures on e-mail as proof of identity. Opportunistic signatures increases the barriers against spammers ability to forge but do not create a centralized identity system which can be used for censorship or control.

For more information, take a look at www.camram.org.

---eric