From: Robert Rothenberg <rrothenb@libws4.ic.sunysb.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 95 03:27:49 PST
To: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: Known data havens for pirates? Doubtful
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> 
> The comments about data havens have been interesting to read. Being

[ .. ]

> Yes, this is the way to go. The data havens have a location that is a
> public key in cyberspace. Think of it as one entity placing an
> anonymous, untraceable classified ad in a newspaper, readable by many,
> and others placing ads in response. A two-way communication channel is
> thus opened up, without regard for the physical location of each, the
> nature of the communication, the data to be transferred, etc.
> 
> All of that is just detail.

Hmmm... then why use a data haven at all?  Split the file into small
pieces, encrypt each and post each piece in a newsgroups (the pieces may
even be posted as small garbles of data in sigs?).  When you need to 
recover the file checksites which archive those newsgroups.

Just a thought. It's probably quite doable for small files.

Another idea: use encryption/secret sharing combined with steganography
and upload copies of the said files to various ftp-sties or BBS's. (It
may be that this is more secure than data havens, since few SysAdmins
would bother checking for steganographically hidden files...)

> 
> --Tim May

Rob