NODE a6e37357Re: Remailer Abuse
doumakes@netcom.com (Don Doumakes)Fri, 6 Jan 95 21:55:59 PST
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> One thing to keep in mind, though, is that it's really the _last_ remailer
> in the chain that's taking the most heat, and it would be nice if they got
> payed. There's also an issue of some remailers refusing to be last in the
> chain, so they dont' expose themselves so much.
I agree, this is an important issue. But I think it's a separate one
from the question of how users pay for the service. In other words,
once there's a consensus to have a Guild of for-pay remailers, all the
users should have to do is pay the Guild once. The Guild can then
haggle over how to divvy up the money. Hard jobs, such as posting anon
news, should command more money.
On the issue of the medium of exchange, I favor blinded digital cash
with its absolute anonymity. The "remailer in a box" that we spoke of
earlier would do well to include this capability.
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NODE 16f03989Re: Remailer Abuse
storm@marlin.ssnet.com (Don Melvin)Sun, 8 Jan 95 13:24:19 PST
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I'm joining this a bit late, but if you take the concept
proposed earlier about sticking a remailer stamp on each
encrypted envelope and that stamp being removed by the
remailer, each remailer will get paid for handling the
message.
The anonymity (assuming an FV-type postage sale) can be
restored by having one or more trusted postage exchanges.
You buy a hundred stamps, send them to the exchange, and
get back ninety-nine stamps from a pool. You now have a
valid remailer stamp that does not have a link to you.
Of course, to keep the purchasers honest, the stamps should
probably be send from the purchase point (FV in this example).
And there would also have to be a fast clearing house so
stamps can't be reused/copies.
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