RE: [Asrg] Email passwords

["Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker at verisign.com>]

> > I think that the problem being addressed here is simply the how do I
> > publish my email address on my Web site and not get spammed problem.
> 
> > There are plenty of solutions here, why bother with the password?
> > just publish your email address as a gif.
> 
> ...thereby completely cutting out anyone using a text-only interface
> (the blind, to pick one simple example) and inviting typos.

Take a look at the original proposal, the password has to be published
using steganography too and a gif is suggested.

This is not really much different from text based obfustication such
as pbaker [at] verisign [dot] com.


Before looking at the accessibility issues of a proposal lets look at
whether it makes any sense at all.

I think that it is very clear that the massive asymmetry between 
legitimate and illegitimate use means that we can expect a solution
that works without the need for major changes on the part of 
legitimate users.

That does not mean that there can be no impact on operators, I think
that it is very clear that any party that wants to inject significant 
traffic into the Internet is going to require some level of
accreditation over and above what is presently required.


		Phill

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