[Cryptography] FW: IAB Statement on Internet Confidentiality

[Henry Baker]

At 01:55 PM 11/20/2014, Jerry Leichter wrote:
>Not only does this list have a public archive, but it has open membership.  Anyone wishing to "snoop" on it need merely join.  Hello out there, NSA representative.
>
>Neither of these facts about the list has changed since it was created.  Nevertheless, proposals to encrypt it surface periodically.

Even "public records" need to be preserved from tampering; something that cryptography can do rather well.

Using cryptography for this purpose would be the lesson for this teachable moment.