From: Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 14:39:17 PST
To: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: c'punks top 5
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> 	It might also be nice to encrypt the connection from client to
> proxy.  Otherwise, this service only protects you from the server
> knowing who you are.  If you add encryption, then it begins to offer
> anonymity agianst people watching the proxy.  (Assuming there are
> multiple connections to the proxy.)

   In that case, you could make a local daemon software "wedge" that 
you'd connect to that would open an encrypted connection to the proxy.  
Should be rather easy.  Like I said before, implementation doesn't seem 
incredibly hard, but I've not seen a deluge of people offering up their 
boxes for this use.

-jon
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