Re: [?]Security Basics

From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 06/19/04

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    Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:52:45 +0300

    Jason LaRue wrote:
    >
    > Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net> wrote in news:40D4932B.23EC9BEA@anta.net:
    >
    > >
    > > In order to achieve anonymity, remailers should be chained. Using
    > > one's own remailer somewhere in that chain ensures that at least one
    > > remailer - one's own - is trustworthy.

    > If one's remailer is put at the beginning, the chain looks like
    > this:
    >
    > 1. one's own email (includes incriminating data)
    > 2. one's own remailer (includes incriminating IP)
    > 3. other remailer (erases own IP)
    > 4. other remailer
    > 5. target
    >
    > This is not substantially different from
    >
    > 1. one's own email (includes incriminating data)
    > 2. other remailer (erases email)
    > 3. other remailer
    > 4. target

    But it is, since the messages generated by one's users would provide cover
    for one's own messages. Granted, one's IP address would still be visible to
    the next remailer, but ideally this remailer would not be able to
    distinguish between one's private messages and those remailed for one's
    users.

    Thor 

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