Having failed to kidnap this newsgroup, Big Bob now goes after all of
Usenet.

"Robert McClenon" wrote in message
...

Posters to these newsgroups may be aware that Steve Young has been
promoting a scheme called Public Usenet White that he claims will
eliminate most abuses of Usenet. For the benefit of anyone who wants
to know what it will do or whether it will work, here is a short
summary following very lengthy discussions in other groups.

1. Very Brief Summary

1.1 Bob McClenon originally wrote:

I would summarize the main distinctive features of the concept of
Public Usenet White as:
a. A central registry for Usenet handles.
b. A procedure for authentication for new Usenet handles
(permitting existing handles to be grandfathered).
c. A tribunal for hearing complaints of violations of netiquette,
with the authority to cancel Usenet handles in extreme cases.
(snip)