diff --git a/app/models/request.rb b/app/models/request.rb
index 5a81be719..f39d1267f 100644
--- a/app/models/request.rb
+++ b/app/models/request.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class Request
   include MongoMapper::Document
   include Diaspora::Webhooks
   include ROXML
+  include Encryptable
 
   xml_accessor :_id
   xml_accessor :person, :as => Person
@@ -38,7 +39,26 @@ class Request
     p.save
   end
  
+#ENCRYPTION
+    before_validation :sign_if_mine
+    validates_true_for :creator_signature, :logic => lambda {self.verify_creator_signature}
+    
+    xml_accessor :creator_signature
+    key :creator_signature, String
+    
+    def signable_accessors
+      accessors = self.class.roxml_attrs.collect{|definition| 
+        definition.accessor}
+      accessors.delete 'person'
+      accessors.delete 'creator_signature'
+      accessors
+    end
 
+    def signable_string
+      signable_accessors.collect{|accessor| 
+        (self.send accessor.to_sym).to_s}.join ';'
+    end
+  
   protected
 
   def clean_link
diff --git a/app/models/retraction.rb b/app/models/retraction.rb
index 2e9a29f77..b096be75d 100644
--- a/app/models/retraction.rb
+++ b/app/models/retraction.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 class Retraction
   include ROXML
   include Diaspora::Webhooks
+  include Encryptable
 
   def self.for(object)
     retraction = self.new
     retraction.post_id= object.id
     retraction.person_id = person_id_from(object)
-    retraction.type = self.type_name(object)
+    retraction.type = object.class.to_s
     retraction
   end
 
@@ -19,7 +20,13 @@ class Retraction
   attr_accessor :type
 
   def perform
-    self.type.constantize.destroy(self.post_id)
+    return unless verify_signature(@creator_signature, Post.first(:id => post_id).person)
+     
+    begin
+      self.type.constantize.destroy(self.post_id)
+    rescue NameError
+      Rails.logger.info("Retraction for unknown type recieved.")
+    end
   end
 
   def self.person_id_from(object)
@@ -30,15 +37,28 @@ class Retraction
     end
   end
 
-
-  def self.type_name(object)
-    if object.is_a? Post
-      object.class
-    elsif object.is_a? Person
-      'Person'
-    else
-      'Clowntown'
+#ENCRYPTION
+    xml_reader :creator_signature
+    
+    def creator_signature
+      @creator_signature ||= sign if person_id == User.owner.id
     end
-  end
 
+    def creator_signature= input
+      @creator_signature = input
+    end
+
+    def signable_accessors
+      accessors = self.class.roxml_attrs.collect{|definition| 
+        definition.accessor}
+      accessors.delete 'person'
+      accessors.delete 'creator_signature'
+      accessors
+    end
+
+    def signable_string
+      signable_accessors.collect{|accessor| 
+        (self.send accessor.to_sym).to_s}.join ';'
+    end
+  
 end
diff --git a/lib/encryptable.rb b/lib/encryptable.rb
index 98ffdd7a2..632c3e6a2 100644
--- a/lib/encryptable.rb
+++ b/lib/encryptable.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     end
 
     def sign_with_key(key)
-      Rails.logger.info("Signing #{signable_string} with key for person #{self.person.real_name}")
+      Rails.logger.info("Signing #{signable_string}")
       GPGME::sign(signable_string,nil,
           {:armor=> true, :mode => GPGME::SIG_MODE_DETACH, :signers => [key]})
     end
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 3f0cf9e93..9335a088f 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -206,11 +206,12 @@ ul.comment_set {
     padding: 0.6em;
     border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc; }
     ul.comment_set li.comment .from {
-      color: #666666;
       font-weight: normal; }
       ul.comment_set li.comment .from a {
-        color: #333333;
         font-weight: bold; }
+    ul.comment_set li.comment div.time {
+      color: #666666;
+      font-size: 70%; }
     ul.comment_set li.comment form {
       margin-top: -5px; }
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index fb2204dd5..0225b383a 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -249,13 +249,15 @@ ul.comment_set
       :bottom 1px solid #ccc
 
     .from
-      :color #666
       :font
         :weight normal
       a
-        :color #333
         :font
           :weight bold
+    
+    div.time
+      :color #666
+      :font-size 70%
 
     form
       :margin