From: "Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 03:51:29 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Instant Remailers
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On Sun, 19 May 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> I'm always surprised that this hasn't been happening; maybe it will when
> the new clients become available.
> 
> (Doesn't Sameer's system offer such accounts? Couldn't there be dozens of
> remailers based at c2.org? Of the 16 Type-1 remailers listed in one of
> Raph's recent reports, only 2 were at c2.org.)

I would be a little worried about many remailers being run at one site.  If
the ISP is ever shut down, then a lot of remailers will go down.  This would
be an ideal "choke point" for the feds.

> [...]
> 
> Ideally, such remailers should require no involvement at all by the account
> holder. Just a "start" command, by the account holder. (Not the site
> administrator, as this could be construed as involvement by him.)
> 
> But an "instant remailer" (just add water) is needed. Recent questions here
> on the list about what it takes to run a remailer may mean some advice is
> needed.
> 
> Running a remailer function should never be thought of as being the same as
> running a site. Most of the existing remailers are certainly not being run
> on machines _owned_ by those running the remailers.

Such a program would certainly be feasible.  I might try writing something
like it.

- -- Mark

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