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Adam Back (aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:25:31 GMT
a coderpunk writes on CodherPlunks:
> As a result of looking at the security of current nym servers it
> is painfully obvious that with ECHELON type networks and the 4th amendment
> evaporating in the face of goon squad raids that the limitation
> of nym.alias.net type nym servers give very fragile privacy to
> there users. This is a direct consequence of nyms that rely upon
> type-1 remailer blocks. With the current nymserver implement
> there is a file chockfull of type-I blocks just waiting for a
> subpoena.
I thought some of the nym servers store up traffic for you until you
send them a type II (mixmaster) chain to send you the stored email.
(Subject to a maximum storage space as a sanity check). So it should
be possible already to use mixmaster only together with a replyable
nym.
> Given that the above subpoena is useless in the face of nyms that
> rely upon a message pool such as alt.anonymous.messages.,
> a design breaks down rather logically.
> A java client based upon type one and type 2 remailer classes establishes
> a forward linkage with the nym server. The reply linkage is established
> with the client via a broadcast medium such as news or dns :)
Reckon you could do this already (via news) with a bit of tinkering --
many of the mixmaster remailers support USENET posting directly, and
for those that don't there are mail2news gateways.
> The reply format is returned to the client is in the form of private
> eternity URLs.
You suggest eternity just as a convenient way to find the articles in
the news spool I presume?
> Reliability can be enhanced by having a telemetry listener that
> requests retransmission of missing articles.
How would you know articles are missing? Have a sequence number, and
request gaps after some fudge factor to cover reordering? Have
articles sent regularly and request resends if this day/weeks doesn't
show?
> Yes I know about freedom and eternity... this system is meant to be
> freeware
I am not sure about the licenses on freedom software when it becomes
available (zks.net), but I suspect they would be more charging for
network services than software. Can't see that it is unfair to charge
for network bandwidth -- it does cost money, and people can't
necessarily afford to supply T3s for free use, nor to pay people to
keep it running smoothly without passing some of this cost on to the
user. I for one think freedom / zks is seriously cool, and biggest
crypto privacy app development for quite a while.
Adam
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