Re: Remailer in a box

From:	IN%"loki@infonex.com"  9-MAY-1996 00:59:47.21

>This could be done with a trivial modification to the source and
>destination blocking lists (just change the sense of the checking).

	In other words, just change them from blocking to allowance? How much
technical knowledge does this take? I can see doing the incoming with procmail.

>Cyberpass (www.cyberpass.net) offers UNIX accounts without dialin access
>for $7 per month. These are available anonymously, and can be paid for with
>ecash.

	Interesting. Having ones at other than c2.org is useful for backup
purposes.

>Yes, but I only give it to remailer operators. The "bramble" might get
>flooded otherwise. Operators see the repercussions of their actions.

	Does it use how busy the remailer is to determine the approximate
frequency of the messages, or does it just keep on going with whatever you tell
it?
	Thanks,
	-Allen

On Thu, 9 May 1996, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:

> From:	IN%"loki@infonex.com"  9-MAY-1996 00:59:47.21
> 
> >This could be done with a trivial modification to the source and
> >destination blocking lists (just change the sense of the checking).
> 
> 	In other words, just change them from blocking to allowance? How much
> technical knowledge does this take? I can see doing the incoming with procmail.

It is fairly simple. There are just two subroutines which check the two 
lists, and return a flag indicating whether to trash the message. Just 
change it only send if a match is found. It is just a simple strstr in a 
text file.

> 
> >Cyberpass (www.cyberpass.net) offers UNIX accounts without dialin access
> >for $7 per month. These are available anonymously, and can be paid for with
> >ecash.
> 
> 	Interesting. Having ones at other than c2.org is useful for backup
> purposes.
> 

Can't let Sameer be the ONLY privacy provider on the Internet ;)

> >Yes, but I only give it to remailer operators. The "bramble" might get
> >flooded otherwise. Operators see the repercussions of their actions.
> 
> 	Does it use how busy the remailer is to determine the approximate
> frequency of the messages, or does it just keep on going with whatever you
> tell it?
> 	Thanks,
> 	-Allen
> 

The pinger is completely autonomous. It just sends chained messages 
through random chains at random times. There are a handfull of these 
running now. They make up a fair fraction of all Mixmaster remailer 
traffic (it is impossible to know exactly how much).

	-Lance

-------------------------------------
Lance Cottrell   loki@infonex.com
President Infonex Internet Services
http://www.Infonex.com
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> > 	Interesting. Having ones at other than c2.org is useful for backup
> > purposes.
> > 

	Also useful for chaining purposes.


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