NODE f66d4fedRe: Open NNTP servers and logging
"Michael Peponis" <mianigand@unique.outlook.net>Sat, 27 Jan 1996 14:53:54 +0800
On 26 Jan 96 at 21:11, Stephen Albert wrote:
> A little while back there were some very helpful posts about getting started
> wit open NNTP servers. Since my regular site runs kinda slow in the news
> department I've been having fun poking around and seeing about getting more
> current.
>
> Then it dawned on me. People keep logs. Presumably routine logging would
> point right back at my ISP, and from there it'd be not too hard to pin down me
> specifically. No, I don't think anyone is particularly *likely* to do that,
> but why take chances?
>
> So...anyone know of open NNTP servers that *don't* keep logs? Or some other
> way around the problem?
Well, as bad as the lack of anonymity may be, NNTP server logs serve a very
usefull purpose, ie finding and eliminating trolls and spammers.
Unfortunatly, I would have to go logs given the state of UseNet.
Why not just read from the open server, and post anonyomously using anonymous
remailers and News-to-Mail Gateways?
Regards,
Michael Peponis
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NODE 51c4b965Re: Open NNTP servers and logging
dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)Sat, 27 Jan 1996 23:52:15 +0800
"Michael Peponis" <mianigand@unique.outlook.net> writes:
> On 26 Jan 96 at 21:11, Stephen Albert wrote:
> > A little while back there were some very helpful posts about getting starte
> > wit open NNTP servers. Since my regular site runs kinda slow in the news
> > department I've been having fun poking around and seeing about getting more
> > current.
> >
> > Then it dawned on me. People keep logs. Presumably routine logging would
> > point right back at my ISP, and from there it'd be not too hard to pin down
> > specifically. No, I don't think anyone is particularly *likely* to do that
> > but why take chances?
>
> Well, as bad as the lack of anonymity may be, NNTP server logs serve a very
> usefull purpose, ie finding and eliminating trolls and spammers.
I think Stephen Albert was asking about the possibility of using logs to find
out what he's reading, not posting. That's quite possible. Recall the recent
incident when an unethical researcher looked through his colleagues' .newsrc
files to see what newsgroups they were subscribed to.
If this concerns you, perhaps you could use something like an anonymous HTTP
proxy to connect "really anonymously" to an NNTP server?
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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
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