[security] Reputation services

[James A. Donald]

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Chris Drake wrote:
 > Blocking spammers is merely a reputation issue.
 >
 > It's the same as blocking children from porn sites.
 >
 > The same as blocking under-age drinkers from booze
 > shops.
 >
 > The same as blocking Korean sellers from selling
 > plasma TVs via Western-Union-only payments.
 >
 > The same as blocking "axis of evil" citizens from
 > downloading strong crypto software.
 >
 > The same as blocking non-human entities from agreeing
 > to terms of service contracts when acquiring online
 > accounts.
 >
 > The same as restricting credit-card purchases to folks
 > with a demonstrated long-standing positive shopping
 > reputation.
 >
 > The same as giving discounts to students.
 >
 > The list is endless...
 >
 > We can't specify all of this - nor hope to achieve any
 > of it properly.

But surely we are trying to provide tools so that other
people can achieve it properly?

 > Reputation is another industry - we just need to
 > provide hooks for reputation systems to flourish
 > within our technology

Well, yes.  What are the hooks?

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          James A. Donald
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