Re: make people use ROBOTS.txt?
John D. Pritchard (jdp@cs.columbia.edu)
Sun, 24 Nov 1996 20:25:57 -0500
> > So, it seems to me what we want to have is a method whereby there's
> > still some openness to the Web, but there's still some accountability
> > towards its use. There needs to be some _strong_ method of
> > identification (and User-Agents that can be spoofed aren't strong by
> > any means) and some _strong_ method of access control.
>
> I am not convinced that this is the best path to pursue. A strong
> identification method is going to be difficult to design, and will
> almost certainly need to fall back on technologies such as digital
> signatures or the like. In the long run, this may be the way to go, but
> for the immediate future it would seem like something a little easier
> (for both implementors and users alike) is needed.
java based code certification is easy
the security scheme is a server that only lets certified code connect.
-john
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