From: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 12:20:29 -0800 (PST)
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Subject: Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19961124120423.00dc1358@mail.teleport.com>
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At 11:21 AM 11/24/96 -0500, Black Unicorn wrote:
>
>> > On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, John Anonymous MacDonald wrote:
>> > > diGriz
>> > 
>> > Use an anon. remailer and sign your posts.  Brilliant.  Just brilliant.
>
>Actually, rather clever if you're trying to estlablish reputation.  Just
>make sure you use the right key.

Reputation is not the only reason to use a "name" with an anon remailer.
Sometimes you want to post (and have a reputation) that is entirely
seperable from your "real life" persona.  Maybe you have a job where being
involved with "The Evil Cypherpunks(tm)" could result in hastles at work
(or even firing) if known.  (I recieved flack from one company I worked
with for posting here... Until they needed a remailer set up and someone to
explain how their software worked...  But that is another story.)

Cypherpunks is gated to a number of Usenet News servers.  (Teleport is a
good example.)  It is also archived in a number of search engines.
(Altavista if I remember correctly, is one of them.)  Someone who does not
want their words to come back any byte them might just use such a method to
protect themselves.

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