From netcom.com!csus.edu!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl5.crl.com!not-for-mail Thu Jun 15 20:21:46 1995 Xref: netcom.com alt.privacy.anon-server:3105 Path: netcom.com!csus.edu!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl5.crl.com!not-for-mail From: abacard@crl.com (Andre Bacard) Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server Subject: Anonymous Remailer FAQ Date: 15 Jun 1995 11:08:30 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] Lines: 239 Message-ID: <3rpsuu$jft@crl5.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl5.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] *** Frequently Asked Questions About Anonymous Remailers *** by Andre Bacard [FAQ Version June 13, 1995] ============================================================ This article offers a nontechnical overview of anonymous remailers to help you decide whether to use these computer services to enhance your privacy. I have written this especially for persons with a sense of humor. You may distribute this (unaltered) FAQ for non-commercial purposes. =========================================================== What is an anonymous remailer? An anonymous remailer (also called an "anonymous server") is a free computer service that privatizes your e-mail. A remailer allows you to send electronic mail to a Usenet news group or to a person without the recipient knowing your name or your e-mail address. Why would YOU use remailers? Maybe you're a computer engineer who wants to express opinions about computer products, opinions that your employer might hold against you. Possibly you live in a community that is violently intolerant of your social, political, or religious views. Perhaps you're seeking employment via the Internet and you don't want to jeopardize your present job. Possibly you want to place personal ads. Perchance you're a whistle-blower afraid of retaliation. Conceivably you feel that, if you criticize your government, Big Brother will monitor you. Maybe you don't want people "flaming" your corporate e-mail address. In short, there are legitimate reasons why you, a law abiding person, might use remailers. How does a remailer work? Let's take an example. A popular Internet remailer is run by Johan Helsingius, President of a Helsinki, Finland company that helps businesses connect to the Internet. His "an@anon.penet.fi" addresses are common in controversial news groups. Suppose you read a post from a battered woman crying out for help. You can write her at . Helsingius' computer will STRIP AWAY your real name and address (the header at the top of your e-mail), replace this data with a dummy address, and forward your message to the battered woman. Helsingius' computer will notify you of your new anonymous address; e.g., . You can use Helsingius' free service to forward letters to anyone, even to persons who do not use his service. His computer sends each user detailed instructions about his system. Are there many remailers? Currently, there are roughly a dozen active, PUBLIC remailers on the Internet. (Undoubtedly, there are PRIVATE remailers that restrict who may use them.) Remailers tend to come and go. First, they require equipment and labor to set up and maintain; second, they produce zero revenue. Why are remailers free? There is a simple answer. How can remailer administrators charge people who want maximum privacy? Administrators can't ask for a Visa number or take checks. Why do people operate remailers, if not for money? People set up remailers for their own personal usage, which they may or may not care to share with the rest of us. Joshua Quittner, co-author of the high-tech thriller MOTHER'S DAY, interviewed Mr. Helsingius for WIRED magazine. Helsingius said: "It's important to be able to express certain views without everyone knowing who you are. One of the best examples was the great debate about Caller ID on phones. People were really upset that the person at the receiving end would know who was calling. On things like telephones, people take for granted the fact that they can be anonymous if they want to and they get really upset if people take that away. I think the same thing applies for e- mail." "Living in Finland, I got a pretty close view of how things were in the former Soviet Union. If you actually owned a photocopier or even a typewriter there you would have to register it and they would take samples of what your typewriter would put out so they could identify it later. That's something I find so appalling. The fact that you have to register every means of providing information to the public sort of parallels it, like saying you have to sign everything on the Net. We always have to be able to track you down." What makes an "ideal" anonymous remailer? An "ideal" anonymous remailer is: (a) Easy to use. (b) Run by a reliable individual whose system actually does what it promises. In addition, this person should have the computer expertise to take prudent steps to safeguard your privacy from civilian or government hackers. (c) Able to forward your messages in a timely manner. By "timely" I mean minutes or hours. (d) Holds your messages for a RANDOM time before forwarding them. This time lag makes it harder for snoops to link a message that arrives at, say, 3:00 P.M. with a message that leaves your machine at, say, 2:59 P.M. (e) Permits (better yet encourages!) PGP encryption software. If a remailer does NOT permit PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), reasonable people might assume that the remailer administrator enjoys reading forwarded mail. What makes a responsible remailer user? A responsible user: (a) Sends text files of a reasonable length. Binary files take too much transmission time. (b) Transmits files selectively. Remailers are NOT designed to send "You Can Get Rich" chain letters or other junk mail. Who are irresponsible remailer users? Here is a quote from one remailer administrator: "This remailer has been abused in the past, mostly by users hiding behind anonymity to harass other users. I will take steps to squish users who do this. Lets keep the net a friendly and productive place.... Using this remailer to send death threats is highly obnoxious. I will reveal your return address to the police if you do this." Legitimate remailer administrators will NOT TOLERATE harassment or criminal activity. Report any such incidents to the remailer administrator. How safe are anonymous remailers? [for paranoids only :-)] For most low-security tasks, such as responding to personal ads, remailers are undoubtedly safer than using real e-mail addresses. However, all the best made plans of mice and men have weaknesses. Suppose, for example, that you are a government employee, who just discovered that your boss is taking bribes. Is it safe to use an anonymous remailer to send evidence to a government whistleblower's e-mail hot line? Here are a few points to ponder: (a) The person who runs your e-mail system might intercept your secret messages to and from the anonymous remailer. This gives him proof that YOU are reporting your corrupt boss. This evidence could put you in danger. (b) It is possible that the anonymous remailer is a government sting operation or a criminal enterprise, designed to entrap people. The person who runs this service might be your corrupt boss' partner. (c) Hackers can do magic with computers. It's possible that hackers have broken into the remailer (unbeknownst to the remailer's administrator) and that they can read your messages at will. Hard-core privacy people do not trust individual remailers. These people write programs that send their messages through several remailers. This way only the first remailer knows their real address, and the first remailer cannot know the final destination of the e-mail message. In addition, they PGP encrypt all messages. Where can I learn more? Go to the Usenet news group ALT.PRIVACY.ANON-SERVER. Pay special attention to posts by Raph Levien, "The Remailer Guru." Where can I get a list of current remailers? Raph Levien [see above] generously runs a remailer pinging service which collects details about remailer features and reliability. To read Levien's data, finger: . There is also a Web version of the same information, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html In addition, Raph Levien regularly posts his "List of Reliable Remailers" at ALT.PRIVACY.ANON-SERVER. Anything else I should know? YOUR privacy and safety could be in danger! Prolific bank, credit and medical databases, e-mail monitoring, and computer matching programs are just a few factors that threaten every law abiding citizen. In short, our anti-privacy society can serve criminals and snoops computer data about YOU on a silver platter. If you want to PROTECT your privacy, I urge you to support groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Electronic Privacy Information Center . Andre, have you written other privacy-related FAQs? I'm circulating an (1) Anonymous Remailer FAQ, (2) E-Mail Privacy FAQ, and (3) (Non-Technical) PGP FAQ for Novices. To get these FAQs, send me this e-mail: To: abacard@well.com Subject: Help Message: [Ignored] [You'll find these FAQs, plus much more, at my web site at http://www.well.com/user/abacard] ### CURRENT REMAILER "PING" INFO ### "finger remailer-list@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" [kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu] Login name: remailer-list In real life: Remailer list Directory: /private/remailer-list Shell: /usr/sww/bin/tcsh Last login Mon Jun 19 06:25 on ttyp0 from annex-64-22.Berk Plan: $remailer{"vox"} = " cpunk pgp. post"; $remailer{"avox"} = " cpunk pgp post"; $remailer{"extropia"} = " cpunk pgp special"; $remailer{"portal"} = " cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"alumni"} = " cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"bsu-cs"} = " cpunk hash ksub"; $remailer{"rebma"} = " cpunk pgp. hash"; $remailer{"c2"} = " eric pgp hash reord"; $remailer{"soda"} = " eric post reord"; $remailer{"penet"} = " penet post"; $remailer{"ideath"} = " cpunk hash ksub reord"; $remailer{"hacktic"} = " cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"flame"} = " cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut post ek reord"; $remailer{"rahul"} = " cpunk pgp hash filter"; $remailer{"mix"} = " cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord"; $remailer{"syrinx"} = " cpunk pgp reord mix post"; $remailer{"tower"} = " cpunk pgp post"; $remailer{"hroller"} = " cpunk hash reord mix post"; $remailer{"vishnu"} = " cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord"; $remailer{"crown"} = " cpunk pgp hash latent cut mix ek reord"; $remailer{"robo"} = " cpunk pgp hash mix"; $remailer{"replay"} = " cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"spook"} = " cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek"; catalyst@netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth@ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura@replay.com is _not_ a remailer. Use "premail -getkeys pgpkeys@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" to get PGP keys for the remailers. Fingering this address works too. 21 Apr 1995: The new version of premail (0.33) is out, with direct posting, perl5 and better MH support, and numerous bug fixes. Last ping: Mon 19 Jun 95 13:00:03 PDT remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- rebma remailer@rebma.mn.org -.+ ++-+++- 7:13:46 99.71% vox remail@vox.xs4all.nl -.--.------ 17:11:11 99.03% ideath remailer@ideath.goldenbear.com 4:14:48 98.71% penet anon@anon.penet.fi +****++++*** 1:13:08 99.95% c2 remail@c2.org + *++++-+.-+ 2:57:01 97.91% tower remailer@tower.techwood.org * *****#*#** 6:08 97.89% bsu-cs nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu * #*+**-##*# 59:04 97.89% portal hfinney@shell.portal.com * #*#**###*# 1:57 97.89% hacktic remailer@utopia.hacktic.nl * #********* 8:33 97.84% hroller hroller@c2.org * #***+##.-* 2:23:30 97.84% alumni hal@alumni.caltech.edu * #*#**###* 2:45 97.85% robo robo@c2.org * ****+**.-* 2:44:15 97.83% replay remailer@replay.com * ***-+++-- 53:25 97.76% vishnu mixmaster@vishnu.alias.net * ****+***+* 43:56 97.73% soda remailer@csua.berkeley.edu + *-+-+-+-+ 2:22:08 97.55% spook remailer@spook.alias.net * ********** 10:38 97.51% mix mixmaster@obscura.com - *-++---+-- 2:37:39 97.30% crown mixmaster@kether.alias.net + *-+---+--+ 3:18:11 97.24% syrinx syrinx@c2.org - -+ ----.- 3:52:58 96.93% flame remailer@flame.alias.net * #*+++-+-++ 2:38:36 96.48% extropia remail@extropia.wimsey.com _ --.....-. 20:46:54 92.00% rahul homer@rahul.net * #*#**##**# 2:35 97.87% For more info: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html "finger gpkeys@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" [kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu] Login name: pgpkeys In real life: Remailer list Directory: /private/pgpkeys Shell: /usr/sww/bin/tcsh Last login Mon Jun 19 06:25 on ttyp0 from annex-64-22.Berk Plan: The following are PGP public keys of the remailers which support encryption. Remember to use the Encrypted: PGP header! 1024-bit key, Key ID B5A32F, created 1992/12/13 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3 mQCNAisrAP0AAAEEAJr3OwIfOIOoh9JndwwqFg+VyWFTAyM8S0B7wyGKI+A9sMAB mbSOIU52EszvLdZk8NH8mrOD9m3EZlt9gXOjln881RMilAunnzdXaJ6ffBKqPL+l yiefCbCo6wScVNfMSV6Di/2HMoFzVqukwRjTx8lqKt6hgy0uedtwcCemtaMvAAUR tCVSZW1haWxlciA8cmVtYWlsQGV4dHJvcGlhLndpbXNleS5jb20+iQCVAgUQK2SV p4OA7OpLWtYzAQG8eQP9F9ye/F/rXhJLNR5W/HV5k+f6E0zWSgtmTTWUYyydfJw+ lKDEDH6v+OFOFE3+fuTIL5l0zsNMSMdF5u7thSSWiwcFgaBFQF9NWmeL/uByOTSY tsB6DQSbw656SBH7c7V7jvUsPit/DubwBXZi9sOlULau3kQqXeeQxPhNE+bpMy6J AJUCBRArKwSLk3G+8Dfo40MBAXYAA/4hCVDFD0zG47pYPMg+y7NPE5LktWt2Hcwt Z4CRuT5A3eWGtG8Sd5QuHzbE4S9mD3CFn79bxZi0UDhryD8dsCG4eHiCpAcZqSvR JSkpgamdRaUQHNmMxv5goxHhRem6wXrKxZQNn5/S0NtQOrS6QKhFlGrzDIh/2ad1 J9qpyzJ/IYkARQIFECsrA9RLrSJixHgP9wEBNcEBewWpzywKk/SBDwocXebJmsT6 zug/ae78U/cu9kTX620Xcj1zqOdx9Y9Ppwem9YShaQ== =I7QE -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Anonymous Remailer 510-bit key, Key ID 5620D5, created 1992/11/15 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3 mQBNAisGf+IAAAEB/ieS6th8hI1QBjGpmctVvsIxZBtmpykVXc3psh0XVfH4sECS ugouk2zm/PJtt59A2E5SO3xjpDjeKlkQ745WINUABRG0LFJlbWFpbGluZyBTZXJ2 aWNlIDxoZmlubmV5QHNoZWxsLnBvcnRhbC5jb20+iQCVAgUQK3Azm4OA7OpLWtYz AQHzawQAwZPaJUR9iNwyKMDm4bRSao0uu381pq6rR3nw0RI+DSLKTXPqDaT3xBmL dVv1PVguLcoao/TRLkAheV7CIxodEiI9lAC2o6lqSXCP+vm3jYmulSgUlKafXYbj LAbZpsKRAUjCpyx0wlYmoHhkA+NZDzMcWp6/1/rM/V1i4Jbt2+GJAJUCBRArBpKv qBMDr1ghTDcBASTlBACfTqODpVub15MK5A4i6eiqU8MDQGW0P0wUovPkNjscH22l 0AfRteXEUM+nB+Xwk16RG/GdrG8r9PbWzSCx6nBYb7Fj0nPnRPtS/u69THNTF2gU 2BD0j2vZF81lEHOYy6Ixao2b6Hxmab2mRta2eTg7CV6XP3eRFDPisVqgooAWgw== =arSc -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Remailing Service 510/0BB437 1992/11/12 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3a mQBNAisCtU0AAAEB/jNOYzN1B2YzOxlK/Zb6axoOaGlPq5I7DV9GH3hcGRN5N6Fi T4sRLhi53Sc5rUdYDa8mFQd4tqvFG6rHcT8LtDcABRG0KlJlbWFpbGluZyBTZXJ2 aWNlIDxoYWxAYWx1bW5pLmNhbHRlY2guZWR1PokAlQIFECsGk/aoEwOvWCFMNwEB 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Key for user ID: Slovenian Anonymous Remailer 1024-bit key, Key ID F560A7E5, created 1994/11/01 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6 mQCNAy61tPIAAAEEANQTaiQE/P6ZJrbd/jR0KXREmhHgnKS2hG5m/zCdmNiOPlyE UFyNMvmqqFX2PCLrvWWHdV1QQJeiXDu70TKLQTqB5tarCEDkDkgkHPbfl/xucShe PViUCRF6d9HYlBaZwTP0ugIp4lPldrdzndbtUz4XhtvmwX1QuEMgPeT1YKflAAUR tDdTbG92ZW5pYW4gQW5vbnltb3VzIFJlbWFpbGVyIDxyZW1haWxlckBmbGFtZS5z aW5ldC5vcmc+tDRTbG92ZW5pYW4gQW5vbnltb3VzIFJlbWFpbGVyIDx0b21hekBm bGFtZS5zaW5ldC5vcmc+ =2+aa -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Key for user ID: A Free Zone Remailer 1024-bit key, Key ID 6A1F51, created 1994/11/11 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6 mQCNAy7DR98AAAEEALgM8L/eeEV8ZD/AEUIW4zfk8tmZm/O4oMY/tjJlFqdWwIOt +aHS6Qw9d+DkXWnNro+Yw/VvIBW0d9DiObf7CkmVU2xPH/yBHgRWBlecwhiH1CeB emKJrgSkrU4SeQZqproAq4y8A0yjWLGGIRoxdPLAbMGXAE19SboZygiOah9RAAUT tCZBIEZyZWUgWm9uZSBSZW1haWxlciA8aG9tZXJAcmFodWwubmV0Pg== =Laqw -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Key for user ID: Cypherpunk Remailer 1024-bit key, Key ID F348CEB9, created 1994/12/22 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAi75xYgAAAEEAKsaIyjZxn3saeSRkSZpkR/N52lREzU4RCLxUgDdnOxx402D whBpqFijPwPGvXXbjdySbGm1cFelhcftE4/5hx9KiEqn99+zShI9F5k411Zk28n7 H1+qeZabDlem5XRTsOUwt21JTB+EEH1J3Es1mBEcEk0wXpQJffOhnIrzSM65AAUR tCtDeXBoZXJwdW5rIFJlbWFpbGVyIDxyZW1haWxlckBhbHBoYS5jMi5vcmc+ =7N5G -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- 1024/5F9071 1995/01/22 Syrinx Remailer -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAy8hy1cAAAEEAL5H5rkLnWGcRPltnm0NqIIQIgZpDH0UNbgnwOFDHZyyTnmK mwotc9X1gbRAk4Nn+g6zgmMiiPEUZGdwnvBtY9Sc4/eGyABhzVOqtBw+STQdEg89 avX7hf0eLfEfHRHnDYdpQFuibSwgrweFJ0SyF9nVo97rJXG1Z0KcU00qX5BxAAUR tB9TeXJpbnggUmVtYWlsZXIgPHN5cmlueEBjMi5vcmc+iQCVAwUQLyHOBEKcU00q X5BxAQF8+QP+L8P1mBStP80bqMpIzBs7TTZqQQJLZjU60K5edgH+P5Soc3tMmHRT +3CB7EX4gUvE4tp22FkvcmBrgdP0auBgZgaxYtVa9G5mVMfN5ODfrXnrsZOFzSln g35Hz46XSdzGoaRyYJVnOEyikgOsxgDVvxoFqTMEJUa0NWQP/hMNYiI= =8hEU -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Tower Anonymous Remailer 512-bit key, Key ID 5191BD, created 1995/01/22 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBNAy8iqAQAAAECALHjiFPr7Is0NptniDkYJ9UnRFM3Pn9Lz7mrPd58uo/EPMF5 bm3TjfAmdMlw2oBTtm7Ch3dsfBY44XEEwzVRkb0ABRG0NlRvd2VyIEFub255bW91 cyBSZW1haWxlciA8cmVtYWlsZXJAdG93ZXIudGVjaHdvb2Qub3JnPg== =Rfb5 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Key for user ID: Mixmaster Remailer New userid: Mixmaster Remailer 1024-bit key, Key ID 4BCDAC0D, created 1995/02/04 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAy8y6PAAAAEEAJF05HUUQM4n9G5wHOZ+bHZbF6yFmeX5wBGElssHqUnbb4PQ S/f8jWvJyfiZkjlOkzOEJ47fZ++x+yYWgzKGUKp2ejIKu2MvnzgLfIkwKfxioPXq xgBpLcFaDrbM52Mi4MEpEYW4DJqxk9TrAnHZBwXmxpOZQ57UcgbmF1BLzawNAAUR tCpNaXhtYXN0ZXIgUmVtYWlsZXIgPG1peG1hc3RlckBvYnNjdXJhLmNvbT6JAJUD BRAvrZgnBuYXUEvNrA0BAdIvA/4tq539MpTst0waOLMYQj+8RQc5x+NL7QEqfu9J Db4dja8I3Kxm8TSNyMs+VFzD8LGzAlgE9st76odB8T9x5KJEs24fAMC6Bn8ew75v M4wq5nXlm7N6/ZVioFFRy/fuAL2iDFVzIqwoJ5i2/OUe0F7+nqs6IVhPP0/hcZZ/ 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25AB43C1, created 1995/04/28 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAy+hWmYAAAEEAM308FX1Tv6Mbg6P6hCLtiKd19p5c3iQQ4q6h8xiBpbdI5Yb sboLlnXu0AYbh1g/lDA1daQ25U3Oq204uBhYnmE1fuhwfGG/WuhR6EI+VKhALsWq jVYqDjdi0Ixs3bClTo6m6hJDDcu8ufGRyDkaUWztYTFTeqpbVVukYXElq0PBAAUR tD5WaXNobnUncyBNaXhNYXN0ZXIgVHlwZS1JIFBHUCBrZXkgPG1peG1hc3RlckB2 aXNobnUuYWxpYXMubmV0Pg== =nmOO -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Key for user ID: Kether Mixmaster Type I Remailer 1024-bit key, Key id F3DEB65D, created 1995/05/04 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAy+pGxQAAAEEALWCVBySn/132U8Ff50ybaDnfbmzGnpcolqy+fMX/I9jM6Wk 0rUvePdM7thJakngrlP+9pOLoITx7blxTp9LS6IlDBcQ+8Ye+xrsdIPubHw6rI6J 89qUyZI7UfRWP36MB8MPLG59ECXztWDCwyKI0Mwo2x+1xvf0ytr1jGjz3rZdAAUR tD1LZXRoZXIgTWl4bWFzdGVyIFR5cGUgSSBSZW1haWxlciA8bWl4bWFzdGVyQGtl dGhlci5hbGlhcy5uZXQ+ =gUD/ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- pub 1024/8717D1DD 1995/05/07 ROBO Anonymous Remailer -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAy+tXT0AAAEEALwbmsPcCcwoke/XF25LmE2UdE2nLSREA4QQhpIAIkmg1t7i /l6gU/iIPPWUFKySkacz/O9NfQm+GMTO9sfYztil379PgOEsLCDKL6xH8WDGdGBz /D3/75zgXXSnqH/b/a56THUHox1U69L26sqNBcdXRp7Ml0vaJCbYL5WHF9HdAAUR tCVST0JPIEFub255bW91cyBSZW1haWxlciA8Uk9CT0BjMi5vcmc+iQCVAwUQL61d ZCbYL5WHF9HdAQHtHgP8CuonRlXqwg/dbDx9r6NhhcclX0hH/jH5dxSSK5EzWA/f iMbIE4LX2cqap5leIH8D93tyzvvU9MYpykou/zQynVXn/gEot0VZsc4Yn/QHpBYu Uw5LiY7TA7+7cXIfK+VN8riOnsSuHxvaooaC3bLXX2zoWQWCd+Qc7UWkzRcG8gY= =Fjb9 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- pub 1000/E7AEC1E5 1995/05/23 Replay Remailer Service -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2i mQCKAy/Bo9QAAAED6NMBE5oNGLqUmZvUZTWBfL41B67EVtDHu5VmqrPLX6w0gk8U lPUNlW/1wACNQAFs/hxKKd0B15d8R7Qk1X7H1KPsdF9AAp8DIBe3MN59Z8iO1dYB GW8YhPg2EXnNAZyVQb/CGhDZhm8naq3wsQynZZu4J7DmVD0VsrLnrsHlAAURtC1S ZXBsYXkgUmVtYWlsZXIgU2VydmljZSA8cmVtYWlsZXJAcmVwbGF5LmNvbT4= =uJ62 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Key for user ID: Hack-Tic Anonymous Remailer 1000-bit key, Key id A7F36A09, created 1995/05/26 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2i mQCKAy/FGmcAAAED6MmhgzshCoFjnb8RHvA0JhQy4TBCyrPst/SayQbnn49BcFZU 5FRNolaQ4mUQ6ftH3lNs4k0cODnbsBFWLZoUzFpPUCeUzj1HqEUo64sJmgVtnQxg ZlCB5Mo/lqlitSvhq4RS8LwYpyZdLBMGe+vK1Duo+CRiG7mncz6n82oJAAURtDhI YWNrLVRpYyBBbm9ueW1vdXMgUmVtYWlsZXIgPHJlbWFpbGVyQHV0b3BpYS5oYWNr dGljLm5sPg== =ls6l -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Key for user ID: NSA Spook Remailer Type-I PGP key 1024-bit key, Key id 80A53BF9, created 1995/06/01 -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAy/NyuUAAAEEAMN2nGvBlrvgiJn+9H8rafUOIAySzwaDAHr0myS6/dGHscfe 1gZ2usnL9zUQyhLfziurvd4yDYmsLxofHtzZuzOlZmCwSnXDwdxaeJs4zw8JoQxU OjPcxB/Ki1aNkKMhPuRezIFnWyMxOaiJTZeQmtMLhzgfgpL0xoqfP2eApTv5AAUR tDxOU0EgU3Bvb2sgUmVtYWlsZXIgVHlwZS1JIFBHUCBrZXkgPHJlbWFpbGVyQHNw b29rLmFsaWFzLm5ldD4= =e4Av -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- "finger remailer.help.all@chaos.taylored.com" [chaos.taylored.com] Please report any inaccuracies in this information to Matthew Ghio Last Updated: January 24, 1995 The Cypherpunks' remailers allow you to send anonymous mail by adding the header Request-Remailing-To: and sending to one of the addresses listed below. Most (but not all) of these remailers also accept Anon-To: in place of Request-Remailing-To. These headers must be typed exactly as you see them; most remailers are case-sensitive. Mail without these headers is either rejected or delivered to the remailer administrators. If you can not add the required headers, place two colons (::) on the very first line of your message, then on the next line type Request-Remailing-To: and the address you want to send anonymously to. Skip a line, and then begin your message. Note that by using this method it is possible to send a message consecutively thru more than one remailer. Be sure to place the double colons on the first line of the message, and skip one line following the headers. Extra blank spaces (or forgetting to seperate the headers and message) may cause problems. Also, keep in mind that many remailers only allow one recipient per message. The standard cypherpunks anonymous remailers are: hfinney@shell.portal.com hal@alumni.caltech.edu nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu usura@xs4all.nl remail@c2.org remailer@ideath.goldenbear.com remailer@rebma.mn.org remail@vox.xs4all.nl remailer@desert.xs4all.nl remailer@nately.ucsd.edu remailer@xs4all.nl homer@rahul.net q@c2.org remailer@alpha.c2.org usura@replay.com remailer@myriad.pc.cc.cmu.edu syrinx@c2.org vanklava@eniac.ac.siue.edu remailer@tower.techwood.org You can add additional headers to your message by placing two number signs (##) at the beginning of the first line of the message body, and then add the special headers on subsequent lines. These headers are not interpreted by the remailer software, only passed thru to the output message. Some remailers require that you place the Subject: header in the body of the message, after the ## - The original subject line is removed. See the listings availiable by fingering remailer-list@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu for specific format information for each remailer. remailer@soda.csua.berkeley.edu works slightly differently. It includes an encrypted reply block so that people can reply to your messages. It also requires that you use the header Anon-Send-To: to send anonymously, and features a usenet posting service. For more information on this remailer, finger remailer@soda.csua.berkeley.edu, or send mail to that address with the Subject: remailer-info remail@extropia.wimsey.com requires that you public-key encrypt your messages with PGP. This added security prevents a hacker or nosey sysadmin at your site from reading your outgoing mail or finding out where it's going. This remailer is not directly connected to the internet, so messages will be delayed about an hour. Some of the other remailers support PGP as well. For remailers which support both encryption and plaintext messages, identify encrypted messages by adding a header which reads: Encrypted: PGP, either in the actual message headers, or following a double colon (see examples below) PGP keys can be found at the end of this document. Some remailers offer several additional features. These include remailer@alpha.c2.org, remailer@xs4all.nl, remailer@nately.ucsd.edu usura@replay.com and remailer@myriad.pc.cc.cmu.edu Adding the header "Cutmarks:" will truncate the message starting with any line that begins with the same characters as in the Cutmarks header. This can be used to remove an automatically-inserted signature file. Also supported is the header "Latent-Time:". This allows a message to be delayed at the remailer and sent out at a later time. This is useful because it prevents people from correlating the times at which certain anonymous posts appear with the times that you are logged in. Both absolute and relative delays are possible. For example, "Latent-Time: 19:00" would have the remailer hold the message until 7 PM local time and then deliver it. Times must be in 24-hour format. "Latent-Time: +06:30" would deliver the message six hours and thirty minutes after it is received. The maximum permissible delay is 24 hours. These lines may be placed either in the message headers, or following the double colon. For more information, send mail to one of the remailers listed above, Subject: remailer-help There is an anonymous contact service at anon.penet.fi. Users are automatically assigned an address of the form anxxxxxx@anon.penet.fi, where xxxxxx is a number, when they first send a mesaage via this remailer. Any replies to this address are forwarded back to you. For information on this remailer, send mail to: help@anon.penet.fi There is another anonymous contact service at chop.ucsd.edu. For information on this remailer, send mail to: acs-info@chop.ucsd.edu desert.xs4all.nl also has a anonymous account service. For more information, send mail to remail@desert.xs4all.nl with subject "help". There is a system installed on alpha.c2.org which will allow you to create an email address and have messages sent to that address encrypted and sent to you. For info on this remailer, send mail to help@alpha.c2.org. A help file on another remailer of this type is available by sending mail to mg5n+remailer-help@andrew.cmu.edu If you have a www browser, A help file on a similar service is available from http://www.c2.org/services/blind Anonymous postings to usenet can be made by sending anonymous mail to one of the following mail-to-usenet gateways (but the news gateways themselves do not make the message anonymous): group.name@news.demon.co.uk group.name@bull.com group.name@cass.ma02.bull.com group.name@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu group.name@comlab.ox.ac.uk group.name@paris.ics.uci.edu group.name@myriad.pc.cc.cmu.edu (Supports Crossposting) group.name.usenet@canaima.Berkeley.EDU group.name.usenet@decwrl.dec.com (Preserves all headers) The mail-to-news gateways do not anonymize messages; you must use a remailer if you want the message to be posted anonymously. Not all gateways support all newsgroups. You may have to try several to find one that supports the groups you wish to post to. It would also be advisable to try a post to alt.test before relying on any such system to function as expected. Also note that the last two require .usenet at the end of the address. In addition, you can cross-post to several newsgroups by adding the header Newsgroups: with the names of the groups you want to post to and sending it to mail2news@news.demon.co.uk or mail2news@myriad.pc.cc.cmu.edu (Use the ## feature with the remailers to add the header line) Examples: Simple Remailing: > From: joe@site.com > To: remail@c2.org > Subject: Anonymous Mail > > :: > Anon-To: beth@univ.edu > > This is some anonymous mail. Chaining remailers: > From: sender@origin.com > To: remailer@rebma.mn.org > > :: > Request-Remailing-To: remailer@myriad.pc.cc.cmu.edu > > :: > Request-Remailing-To: receipient@destination.com > > This is an anonymous message Adding extra headers to the output message: > From: suzie@euronet.co.uk > To: remailer@nately.ucsd.edu > > :: > Request-Remailing-To: mail2news@news.demon.co.uk > > ## > Subject: Ignore this test > Newsgroups: alt.test > Comments: This is only a test > > This message will be posted to alt.test! Cutmarks and delay: > From: sam@eric.com > To: remailer@xs4all.nl > Subject: ignore > > :: > Anon-To: alt.test@comlab.ox.ac.uk > Latent-Time: +15:30 > Cutmarks: -- > > This is an anonymous test. > Note that it does not have my .sig appended to it! > > -- > sam@eric.com - 310-853-1212 - This is my .sig - Finger for PGP key! The operation of this system of remailers is a group effort which relies on the contributions of many generous people. Please do not abuse the remailers. If you have problems with a remailer, some of the remailer operators can be contacted by sending mail to the remailer's address without a remailing request header. Otherwise, follow the instructions that come in the headers of messages from the remailer. Do not send complaints to postmaster at the site, unless the remailer operator specifies that as the address to make complaints. Many of the remailers are run by people who are not the general site administrators, and sending to the wrong address (ie postmaster@...) will most likely just make them annoyed at you, and won't get your problem resolved. If you can run an anonymous remailer, please volunteer to do so. Software is availiable from anonymous-FTP at ftp.csua.berkeley.edu in the directory /pub/cypherpunks/remailer/ Additional information and source code can be found at ftp cs.cmu.edu in the directory /afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr12/mg5n/public/remailer or contact me and I'll send you what you need. The software can be run on most personal unix accounts. There are two usenet forums for discussion of anonymous remailer systems, alt.privacy.anon-server and alt.anonymous The newsgroup alt.anonymous.messages is a 'mail-drop' for anonymous parties to exchange encrypted messages. The cypherpunks mailing list is a forum for discussing ways to promote privacy via cryptography. To join, send mail to cypherpunks-request@toad.com Additional information on the anonymous remailers is availiable from http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html