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Re: Anon bug
[email protected] (deadbeat) wrote:
>> I believe I have uncovered a serious bug in the Finnish anonymous
>> remailer, one that allows me to piece together anonymous id's and
>> actual email addresses.
>>
>> I'm reluctant to publish the details here, but I'll explain how it
>> works if you send me your email address.
To which Julf replied:
>Hmm. How about letting me know about it so that I have a chance to
fix
>it?
I'm worried that the "serious bug" might be that the system won't
prevent the gullible from mailing "deadbeat" their e-mail addresses
through penet. Once they've done that, he can "piece together" their
anonymous IDs and email addresses quite easily.
I hope I'm wrong about this, though...
Joe
(Who is not writing virii at the MITRE Corporation... not doing much
at all, really)