Penet ID allocated

daemon@anon.penet.fi  Mon May 16 10:39:28 1994 

> You have sent a message using the anonymous contact service.
> You have been allocated the code name an98437.
> You can be reached anonymously using the address
> an98437@anon.penet.fi.

Obviously I'm not going to send anon mail through penet! I guess this is
a response to my post to the list yesterday, so someone must have subscribed
with their anXXXX address.

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Rishab Aiyer Ghosh                                          rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Voicemail +91 11 3760335; Vox/Fax/Data 6853410
H-34C Saket New Delhi 110017 INDIA

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On May 16,  3:25pm, rishab@dxm.ernet.in wrote:
> Subject: Penet ID allocated
> daemon@anon.penet.fi  Mon May 16 10:39:28 1994
>
> > You have sent a message using the anonymous contact service.
> > You have been allocated the code name an98437.
> > You can be reached anonymously using the address
> > an98437@anon.penet.fi.
>
> Obviously I'm not going to send anon mail through penet! I guess this is
> a response to my post to the list yesterday, so someone must have subscribed
> with their anXXXX address.
>

I got a similar mailing from penet, for no good reason.  Anyone else seeing
this?  Mail header shows that I was sent the message directly, with a different
anon id than the one Rishab was sent, which suggests to me these IDs are being
generated for individuals ad hoc.

> Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
> rishab@dxm.ernet.in

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whitaker@dpair.csd.sgi.com (Russell Whitaker) writes:

> I got a similar mailing from penet, for no good reason.  Anyone else seeing
> this?  Mail header shows that I was sent the message directly, with a differe
> anon id than the one Rishab was sent, which suggests to me these IDs are bein
> generated for individuals ad hoc.

Anyone who posts (without a previously allocated ID) seems to get one. The ID's
are generated ad hoc, they're penet pseudonyms. I did a who cypherpunks to 
identify the culprit, but found this:
na97762@anon.penet.fi

As I recall, naXXX addresses are _not_ double-blinded? Maybe this used to be an
anXXX?


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Rishab Aiyer Ghosh                                          rishab@dxm.ernet.in

Voicemail +91 11 3760335; Vox/Fax/Data 6853410
H-34C Saket New Delhi 110017 INDIA

The National Short-Sleeved Shirt Association says:
                                             Support your right to bare arms!

I did a who cypherpunks to 
   identify the culprit, but found this:
   na97762@anon.penet.fi

I changed the an97762 to na97762, in order to fix the problem.

Eric