NODE b0e6fe92Re: Anon bug
jthomas@kolanut.mitre.org (Joe Thomas)Mon, 22 Feb 93 13:31:55 PST
an5877@anon.penet.fi (deadbeat) wrote:
>> I believe I have uncovered a serious bug in the Finnish anonymous
>> remailer, one that allows me to piece together anonymous id's and
>> actual email addresses.
>>
>> I'm reluctant to publish the details here, but I'll explain how it
>> works if you send me your email address.
To which Julf replied:
>Hmm. How about letting me know about it so that I have a chance to
fix
>it?
I'm worried that the "serious bug" might be that the system won't
prevent the gullible from mailing "deadbeat" their e-mail addresses
through penet. Once they've done that, he can "piece together" their
anonymous IDs and email addresses quite easily.
I hope I'm wrong about this, though...
Joe
(Who is not writing virii at the MITRE Corporation... not doing much
at all, really)