Anonymous Credit

[Ben Laurie]

Just thought I should point out that recycling an old idea allows
researchers to publish stuff anonymously that could be illegal under
DMCA (or other ridiculous legislation) and still get the credit when the
world comes to its senses. The formula is simple: create a PGP key and
sign the publication. Publish anonymously (or pseudonymously, if you
prefer) in the usual way (carefully, please!). Once it becomes legal to
claim the credit, prove you have the corresponding private key, and
there you are.

Note that you should be rather careful about leaving the private key
lying around, just in case someone guesses who you are. And, in case it
isn't obvious, don't use the key for anything else.

Cheers,

Ben.

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http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html

"There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he
doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff



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