[REBOL] Re: A REBOL challenge - The Information World
From: rpgwriter:yah:oo at: 7-Dec-2001 13:46
--- Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]>
wrote:
> [Been busy this week... still have to catch up on
> emails...]
>
> chaz wrote:
>
> > Since a Tourist can carry baggage, wouldn't he be
> a special case of a Mail
> > Agent who can only carry his own objects?
>
> There are two differences: Mail Agents, being
> residents (i.e. not moving around) can be
> identified; this way when you receive an
> object you are able to know from where it is coming
> from, thus deciding if to trust or not its contents;
Surely, if you use an digital signature of some
kind, you can also identify tourists. It would
seem to me this would be a desirable feature,
so you can distinguish between trust levels
of various tourists.
Chris Dicely
