Re: Hiding originating IP when posting through CLOSED news servers

From: Steve (steve_at_nospam-goofer.co.uk)
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:01:47 +0000 (UTC)

Mike wrote:

> That's wrong actually. It is trivially easy to post anonymously,
> in fact it's a doddle and without any packets travelling beyond
> UK ISP's

With due respect, if you believe this then you really need to go right
back to basics and understand how networks function before you look at
the services that run on them. I operate an anonymous remailer and
also a public mail2news gateway to help protect the identities of those
who wish to remain anonymous. These are services that have been
developed and refined for years and despite that their ability to
guarantee anonymity is questionable against a global adversary. I
appreciate that you probably don’t need this degree of protection, but
to say it’s "trivially easy to post anonymously" is unquestionably
incorrect.