From: Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 94 16:31:14 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: No Subject
Message-ID: <9402200031.AA09776@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


> > set type=mx
> > hacktic.ml
            ^^

	Perhaps this is the problem?
> 
> hacktic.ml      preference = 10, mail exchanger = orstom.orstom.fr
> orstom.orstom.fr        inet address = 192.33.151.1


	An nslookup for hacktic.nl at my site showed:
 
Non-authoritative answer:
hacktic.nl      preference = 50, mail exchanger = xs4all.hacktic.nl
hacktic.nl      preference = 100, mail exchanger = sun4nl.nl.net
Authoritative answers can be found from:
xs4all.hacktic.nl       inet address = 193.78.33.42
sun4nl.nl.net   inet address = 193.78.240.1
xs4some.hacktic.nl      inet address = 193.78.33.33
ns.nl.net       inet address = 193.78.240.1

	No mention of France there at all.

> A trace route to hacktic.nl shows
>  4  San-Jose2.CA.Alter.Net (149.20.1.2)  3140 ms  290 ms  290 ms
>  5  San-Jose1.CA.ALTER.NET (137.39.44.1)  270 ms  260 ms  280 ms
>  6  San-Jose3.CA.ALTER.NET (137.39.101.97)  270 ms  2570 ms  280 ms
>  7  Falls-Church1.VA.ALTER.NET (137.39.128.6)  330 ms  360 ms  370 ms
>  8  Amsterdam.NL.EU.net (134.222.5.1)  510 ms  440 ms  450 ms
>  9  Amsterdam.NL.NL.net (134.222.24.2)  440 ms  460 ms  460 ms
> 10  annex01.NL.net (193.78.240.65)  460 ms  450 ms  530 ms
> 11  * annex.hacktic.nl (193.78.33.99)  4460 ms *
> 12  193.78.33.41 (193.78.33.41)  4980 ms  2440 ms  2390 ms
> 

	You'll also note no bit of France in here.

> Note also the nslookup to 
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    hacktic.nl
> Address:  193.78.33.42

	Why is this noteworthy, other than showing the IP number?
That number resolves to xs4all.hacktic.nl.

> ********************* NOW wait just a GODAMN Minute...
> Anonymous remailer traffic  for a Dutch Remailer 
> is being handled in DAMN France.. where
> the Surete has a history of electronic spying... just WHAT in HELL is
> going on with the HACKTIC Remailer?????
> I DONT like the way this smells...


	I wouldn't like it either, if I was correct.  However, as
youv'e seen, that's simply not the case.