I note on FMB that people are asking questions about how to sign messages under SSKs - I have tried to reply but can't due to the RNF problem we discussed earlier.
The simple answer is that a message posted to an SSK *is* signed, hence the name "Signed Subspace Key". You can be assured that a message posted under an SSK was inserted by the person who has the private key corresponding to the public key embedded in the SSK. To solve FMB's current problem, all you have to do is make FMB flag messages that are being rebroadcasted, as opposed to those authored by the owner of the SSK - and preventing a flagged message from being used to verify the authenticity of an actual message. Hopefully someone on FMB will read this - as they seem to be contemplating all sorts of crazy ideas. Ian. -- Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Founder & Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ Chief Technology Officer, Uprizer Inc. http://www.uprizer.com/ Personal Homepage http://locut.us/
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