From: doclulu@infobahnos.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 16:24:25 PST
To: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: (none) [httpd finding your identity]
Message-ID: <199601140024.TAA20599@rizzo.infobahnos.com>
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To: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com 
Subject: Re: (none) [httpd finding your identity]

At 11:28 96-01-12 -0800, you wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, sameer wrote:
>
>> > > control what information is passed out to the other end. 
>> > > Specifically, I'd like http://anonymizer.cs.cmu.edu:8080/prog/snoop.pl 
>> > > to come up nearly blank.)
>> > 
>> >   We do not send the HTTP 'From:' header.  I will look into where
>> > they are getting the user name and location from.  There is really
>> > nothing I can do in the Navigator to stop them from getting your
>> > IP address or DNS name.
>> 
>> 	I beleive that it uses finger. If you really want to prevent
>> people from finding out where you're coming from, use the
>> anonymizer. Not at CMU? Don't worry.
>
>On most UNIX machines or a Mac or PC running most common talk clients?
>Worry. Not just finger, but also identd will identify you. I think Eudora
>Pro has an identd option, too. 
>
>-rich
>
>

        On Win 3.1 using Netscape 1.22, you can improve your 'lack of
output' by removing in the PREFERENCES menu: Your Name:
                                  Your Email:
                                  Your Organization:
        The bad side is that you cannot mail from Netscape without filling
the Email entry with a valid Email address and putting an anonymous address
(ex.:an123456@anon.penet.fi) would cause
http://anonymizer.cs.cmu.edu:8080/prog/snoop.pl
 to report your REAL hostname with your anonymous username
(ex.:an123456@myhost.com) 
so if privacy is a must and you cannot use the anonymizer, this could reduce
your output to your computer type and operating system and your browser and
version number. For my part, after removing my Email, it was all that was
left (-: ( It will stay that way... )
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