1993-07-07 - Encrypted list software

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From: nobody@soda.berkeley.edu
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-07-07 04:07:14 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 21:07:14 PDT

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From: nobody@soda.berkeley.edu
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 93 21:07:14 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Encrypted list software
Message-ID: <9307070403.AA05223@soda.berkeley.edu>
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I've had a couple of people ask to have their names added to the
encrypted list forwarder I put together.  I'm soliciting feedback on
how this service should work.

Right now, it only encrypts the "body" of the message.  The "headers",
which are the "From:" and "Subject:" lines, etc., are passed through
basically unchanged (except for "To:", which I change to be the person it
is going to.  Maybe that's unnecessary, as I notice that the cypherpunks
list puts its own address into "To:", for some reason.)  It also adds
"Encrypted: PGP" to the headers.

I wonder if it would be better for it to encrypt the whole message, headers
and body together, then to mail that with a fresh new header that would
show nothing about the original message.

The first approach hides the contents of the message, but not its subject
or who it is from; the second hides more.  Any suggestions as to which is
more useful?

Hal Finney
hfinney@shell.portal.com

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