On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:07:30 -0400, Matthew Crocker wrote: >It can be built without choke points. ISPs could form trust >relationships with each other and bypass the central mail relay. AOL >for example could require ISPs to meet certain criteria before they are >allowed direct connections. ISPs would need to contact AOL, provide >valid contact into and accept some sort of AUP (I shall not spam >AOL...) and then be allowed to connect from their IPs. AOL could kick >that mail server off later if they determine they are spamming.
Now there is an idea! However an improved variant is to make the entire internet a 'trust relationship' using the (obvious) steps you propose. For several months I have been pondering possible details of implementing same; see <http://www.camblab.com/misc/univ_std.txt>. Comments welcome. Jeffrey Race