On Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:42:14 -0500 Roger Burns <[log in to unmask]> said: >is this true? Are there no steps I can take to eliminate the prospect of >unauthorized hackers reading the list's archives, or posting to the >list? I wish to take those steps that I can take. And I wish to get a >clear sense of what the limits of security are, so that I can make these >limits plain to the participating physicians and not mislead them about >how confidential their discussions will be. The Internet wasn't designed with security in mind. You will not be able to prevent hackers from posting to the list, or claiming they are Bill Clinton. You can provide a reasonable degree of safety for the list archives, but the Internet is an open network. Your mail transits through several sites, into which hackers could break. If you have information which is really confidential, putting it on the Internet in plain text is a bad idea. Eric