From: Lance Cottrell <loki@obscura.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 21:30:07 +0800
To: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Subject: Re: Remailer in a box
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On Thu, 9 May 1996, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:

> From:	IN%"loki@infonex.com"  9-MAY-1996 00:59:47.21
> 
> >This could be done with a trivial modification to the source and
> >destination blocking lists (just change the sense of the checking).
> 
> 	In other words, just change them from blocking to allowance? How much
> technical knowledge does this take? I can see doing the incoming with procmail.

It is fairly simple. There are just two subroutines which check the two 
lists, and return a flag indicating whether to trash the message. Just 
change it only send if a match is found. It is just a simple strstr in a 
text file.

> 
> >Cyberpass (www.cyberpass.net) offers UNIX accounts without dialin access
> >for $7 per month. These are available anonymously, and can be paid for with
> >ecash.
> 
> 	Interesting. Having ones at other than c2.org is useful for backup
> purposes.
> 

Can't let Sameer be the ONLY privacy provider on the Internet ;)

> >Yes, but I only give it to remailer operators. The "bramble" might get
> >flooded otherwise. Operators see the repercussions of their actions.
> 
> 	Does it use how busy the remailer is to determine the approximate
> frequency of the messages, or does it just keep on going with whatever you
> tell it?
> 	Thanks,
> 	-Allen
> 

The pinger is completely autonomous. It just sends chained messages 
through random chains at random times. There are a handfull of these 
running now. They make up a fair fraction of all Mixmaster remailer 
traffic (it is impossible to know exactly how much).

	-Lance

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Lance Cottrell   loki@infonex.com
President Infonex Internet Services
http://www.Infonex.com
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