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The usefulness of your ideas depend on the kind of service you are offering through the real
protocol in terms of publicity/privacy. You can run an open webserver, or you can tunnel services
through some sort of VPN to accredited clients, e.g. running SOCKS through an OpenSSH connection.
That's much like the difference between a shopping mall and a private bar, but there's more to it. In a public mall, all kinds that make a world are allowed, but there might be cops around with a watchful eye to arrest evildoers. For a private bar, you could have door keepers, biometrics checking, ad-hoc-passwords or the like. Still those admitted could wreck havoc any time according to drinks absorbed and/or personal disposition. So behaviour of clients is crucial to detect mischief, regardless of any protocol involved. Bottom line is: you can't solve social problems with technology. (You can use technology to some degree of success as an aid to defend yourself, but only if you don't attack. Failure to observe that rule will render your technology worthless). (Hm. Now what does this have to do with your post?) --shmem
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