From: "Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 16:02:31 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP Security
In-Reply-To: <199703201102.GAA30790@dhp.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970320185104.1482A-100000@purple.voicenet.com>
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On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, lucifer Anonymous Remailer wrote:

>   I am passing along the following message, not because of my belief in
> the accuracy or veracity of its contents, but merely because of the 
> fact that it seems to have kept getting eaten up by various email
> systems in the attempts to send it to its original destination.
>   The first time it was sent via a remailer, it was bounced for ill-
> defined reasons. The second time it was sent, the remailer was shut
> down, and remains shut down.
>   Efforts to send it through a second remailer also failed, with no
> notice from the server of any problems being received. Other email
> sent through the remailer at the same time encountered no difficulties.

Speaking as "XXXXXXXXX" (or, at least, one of the "XXXXXXXXXs"), I did receive
the following message which originated from "TruthMonger."  Shortly after I
received the message, anon.nymserver.com closed down all of its free,
anonymous accounts due to "abuse."

>   I am only noting the facts, here, not proferring any personal judge-
> ments on the matter, although I have formed my own opinion as to the
> meaning of these facts, particularly since I, myself, came by this 
> post during the process of email interception.

I am skeptical.

> 
> > X-Anon-Password: XXXXXXXXXX
> > X-Anon-To: XXXXXXXXXXX
> > X-Anon-Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX
> 
> XXXXXXXXX,
>  I thought I would reply privately to you, since you seem to
> at least have a willingness to allow the possibility of compromises
> to the security of the encryption methodologies behind PGP programs,
> among others.


Mark
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