1999-02-12 23:23:30 +00:00
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PGP Moose / by Greg Rose <ggr@usenix.org>
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1998-08-09 00:34:33 +00:00
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The aim of this software is to monitor the news
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postings of moderators of USENET newsgroups, and to
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automatically cancel forged messages purporting to
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be approved. This can be extended to the approvals
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of individual users to automatically cancel messages
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that appear without having been authorised by the
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user. This has (obviously) been prompted by the
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recent spammings and other events.
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This software and protocol is designed around
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cryptographic signatures. The protocol is designed
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to allow the use of different signature techniques.
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This implemention assumes the use of PGP signatures,
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but can be easily modified to use others, such as
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the Digital Signature Standard. PGP was chosen for
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its widespread availability around the world.
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PGP, the crux of the cryptographic software, was
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written by Phil Zimmermann <prz@acm.org>, who
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otherwise has nothing to do with this. The
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cryptographic framework was written by Greg Rose
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1999-02-12 23:23:30 +00:00
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<ggr@usenix.org>, as were the INN news system hooks.
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