1996-05-06 - Re: WWW proxies?

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From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
To: “Mark M.” <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Message Hash: 103687cc30d0ee0e8322f7bef0fc22421f4b0d97519733e9a41dce890500225f
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UTC Datetime: 1996-05-06 06:22:36 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 14:22:36 +0800

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From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 14:22:36 +0800
To: "Mark M." <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: WWW proxies?
Message-ID: <v02120d02adb3027cef8a@[192.0.2.1]>
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At 14:37 5/5/96, Mark M. wrote:

>The same is also true for cpunk and penet-style remailers that do not use
>encryption.  You always have to trust remailer operators regardless of whether
>encryption is used or not.

You have to trust *one* of the remailer operators in the chain. If there is
no chain, you have to trust the sole remailer's ISP as well.

>The situation will become much better when there
>is some way to chain proxies and encrypt to each individual proxy.

That's why we need PipeNet.


Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, not those of my employer.

-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com>
   PGP encrypted mail preferred.







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