nCognito is Dead..

Well I have been given my notice to terminate the remailers running at
this account. Make a note to remove ncognito from your type2.list, and
those running pingers, please remove nCognito as soon as its convenient.

Below i've quoted verbatim the request to shutdown that I received. PLEASE
note that there is no mention of FBI, NSA, or Co$. :)  The request is the
result of some errors that mix generated while I was makeing changes, that
resulted in the administration at gate.net noticing the remailer. Frankly,
I cant blame them given the current legal climate.

Although I would have liked to continute operating the remailers, I must
admit that I'll sleep better at night now that its gone. 

BTW: Does anyone know of a few ISP's that accept cash and dont require
verification of your identity? :)


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>From gli@gate.net Sat May 25 15:51:35 1996
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 15:45:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: gli@gate.net
To: Ben Holiday <ncognito@gate.net>
Subject: Re: Problems with your mail mix program

Please note that CyberGate does not support remailer program so please stop
running it on gate.net immediately. Repeated violation will cause your login
privilege compromised. Your cooperation will be appreciated.

Gary Li
Systems Administrator
CyberGate, Inc.

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On Sat, 25 May 1996, Ben Holiday wrote:

> 
> Well I have been given my notice to terminate the remailers running at
> this account. Make a note to remove ncognito from your type2.list, and
> those running pingers, please remove nCognito as soon as its convenient.
> 
> Below i've quoted verbatim the request to shutdown that I received. PLEASE
> note that there is no mention of FBI, NSA, or Co$. :)  The request is the
> result of some errors that mix generated while I was makeing changes, that
> resulted in the administration at gate.net noticing the remailer. Frankly,
> I cant blame them given the current legal climate.
> 
> Although I would have liked to continute operating the remailers, I must
> admit that I'll sleep better at night now that its gone. 
> 
> BTW: Does anyone know of a few ISP's that accept cash and dont require
> verification of your identity? :)

C2 (http://www.c2.org) and I think Cyberpass (http://www.cyberpass.net) both
allow anonymous accounts.  There was also a list of offshore ISP's posted a
while ago.  I am looking into getting an account on one of these myself.

P.S. For you non-UNIX types, I am currently in the process of writing a program
that will automatically install an anonymous remailer on a UNIX account.  It
should be ready for release in the next couple of days.

- -- Mark

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To the honor list of ISPs accepting of free/anonymous speech, add:

dhp.com
shellback.com
l0pht.com (not exactly an ISP, though...)

I'm maintaining a list of sorts at
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~llurch/potw2/