Re: Hiding originating IP when posting through CLOSED news servers

From: Frank Slootweg (this_at_ddress.is.invalid)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: 24 Feb 2004 14:33:05 GMT

[Just quickly finishing up a few small loose ends.]

Mike <duab@privacy.net> wrote:
[deleted]
> Excellent, then unless there's something else, perhaps something
> technical about XNA + Google that I might be unaware of, then
> we're done with this, ok?

  Yup. At least you and I are. Can't speak for the others. Often try,
but they have the nasty habit of wanting to speak for themselves. The
nerve!

[deleted]

> I did mean google-groups, and their records begin in 1981.

  Ah, I see! I (obviously) meant the archive *sites*, not the *records
in* the the archives, because, as you point out, the (incomplete)
records themselves predate my Usenet-life (by about three years).

[deleted]

> Indeed, but I tend to just mirror what I find or "perceive" from
> others' posts. If I think someone is just taking the piss, I
> figure there's little point in my trying to lock it down and keep
> it sensible. This is precisely what has happnened between
> "Leythos" and myself and almost what happened with you and me.

  I figured something like this, because I found you going from 'friend'
to 'foe' and back a few times and *did* see several constructive/'nice'/
<whatever> responses from you. That is the reason why I continued. I
think it is very nice that things turned out this (good) way, just when
I was about to give up. Thanks.

[deleted]

>>> So it was just "TCP" in those days, without the "IP" ?
>>
>> No. In the early days, Usenet articles were propagated via the UUCP
>>(Unix-to-Unix CoPy) network. The 'bangs' ("!") in the Path: line are
>>from that heritage. Usenet just predates TCP/IP, period. (FWIW, also
>>e-mail predates TCP/IP. For example my e-mail address was
>>...!mcvax!hpuamsa!frank. (At the time we didn't particularly like the
>>"vax" bit, but we got even. First by replacing mcvax with hp4nl and much
>>later by just buying them. :-))
>
> Strewth, I've actually learned something there. That's worth the
> time and effort imo. Think I'll read up on this...
> http://www.historyoftheinternet.com/

  Thanks. Now isn't it a pity that some of this thread is not in "the
archive", so others can not share your learning experience!? :-)

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