From: lcottrell@popmail.ucsd.edu (Lance Cottrell)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 94 00:24:06 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Question for remailer operators
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>I see about 200 messages a day through my remailer, sizes averaging a
>couple of K.  I had the impression at one point that the VAST majority of
>this was "cover" traffic that someone is generating just to keep the
>network busy.  I don't know if this is still the case.  It might be
>possible to opt out of the cover traffic generator to reduce your load
>to a politically manageable level.  Maybe people generating cover traffic
>could estimate how many messages they are generating.
>
<SNIP>
>
>Hal

I have a script generating covering traffic. It creates a message at random
intervals between 1 and 20 min. The messages are encrypted, and padded with
cutmarks for all remailers which support that. The messages are sent
through six hops. The remailers are chosen from all reasonably reliable
remailers on Raph Levine's list (except for those which have asked to be
excluded).

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Lance Cottrell  who does not speak for CASS/UCSD
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