re the secret source of that announcement grady netcom com suggests using a common but restricted distribution private key to allow public key system encrypted postings in theory that will work fine as long as the privae key remains secure in practice it would be a good idea to check to see if that would be a violation of some net rule practice custom etc i don t say it would be just that it would be a good idea to check this is not like rot where everybody can have the key trivially it would also be a good idea to check to see if such posts would be forwarded by the sites needed to make the chain work of course there d be no problem with a discussion group travelling over facilities entirely under the control of the members probably there would also be no problem with a mailing list approach it might even be fun for some david sternlight great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our information errors and omissions excepted
