Re: Fwd: Re: cmsg cancel <business-basic/faq_864291522@rtfm.mit.edu>

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Pamela Greene (pgreene@optics.rochester.edu)
Fri, 23 May 1997 12:03:51 -0400 (EDT)


Larry Virden wrote:

> I've noticed that some folk have been working on digitally signed
> messages (I believe D. Lawrence, etc. for instance). I wonder if some
> mechanism along that lines might be possible.

Requiring PGP (or similar) signatures on newsgroup creation and
removal messages is feasible. Since anyone can cancel his own
article, it's difficult to require them on cancels. (This discussion
is moving away from the topic of this list; it should probably move to
an appropriate newsgroup.)

- Pam