NODE 0cfe8459Re: Message pools _are_ in use today!
"Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>Wed, 3 Jul 1996 09:43:27 +0800
On 1 Jul 96 at 20:28, David Wagner wrote:
[..]
> Ian and I talked about this at some length. alt.anonymous.messages
> has certain unfortunate shortcomings.
> Someone sniffing the Berkeley 'net can tell when I receive an
> alt.anonymous.messages message by when I download an article from
> the NNTP server; they can tell when I send such an article by when
> I upload an article to the NNTP server; they can list all the
> ``subversive'' Berkeley folks who have read alt.anonymous.messages
> lately.
Uploading can be gotten around by using anonymous remailers and
mail-to-news gateways... although someone can tell if you send mail
to anonymous mailers.
Rob
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NODE f9f8af55Re: Message pools _are_ in use today!
Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:36:56 +0800
Deranged Mutant writes:
> Uploading can be gotten around by using anonymous remailers
> and mail-to-news gateways... although someone can tell if you
> send mail to anonymous mailers.
Not if you run your own remailer!
andrew