Re: RSADSI vs. Remailers (Meta Strong Crypto)

[Andrew Brown <a.brown@nexor.co.uk>]

On Sat, 17 Sep 1994, Doug Cutrell wrote:

> [...] 
> It still might
> be possible to have anonymous remailers operating safely outside the
> borders of the country -- but it would be possible to monitor for traffic
> *destined* for these remailers, leaving the country.  Since no anonymous
> remailers exist within the country, the origin of this traffic can be
> determined, and the sources can be prosecuted for use of an anonymous
> remailer.

Perhaps not.  The US user could send an encrypted message to a foreign
machine that offers, say, 100 different services, including a remailing
service.  You could not prove that the sender had requested a remailing
and thus he could not be prosecuted.  You could even randomly invoke one
of the other services whenever a remail is requested.   Other services 
might include ftpmail, archie searches etc...

- Andy

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