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Remailer FAQ. Details.
I hope I can get a bit more attention to this, now that it has become more
sophisticated. Please code warriers, take a break and let the human race
know what the existing remailers are all about. I know exactly why they
don't have enough traffic; knowledge about them is still insider
knowledge. A list of remailer addresses and year-old partial info from a
request made my Tim May was all I could find. Specs needed.
I will send this to Gary Edstrom for the PGP FAQ if I don't have to spend
the rest of my life compiling it. Mail info to [email protected]. I'm
interested in hearing from users as well as operators.
-Nik (Xenon)
Xenon's Full Disclosure Remailer List.
Remailer Fast? OpLog SysLog Subj Batch RD NL CPU Phys PGP BitB ?what else?
--------- ------ ----- ------ ---- ----- -- -- --- ---- --- ---- -----------
bsu-cs + ? ?/? + ? ? ? ? ? 23a ?
catalyst + N? SM/MQ - - ? - PA M 23a -
choas + ? ?/? + ? ? ? ? ? - -
cicada ++ ? ?/? - - - - ? ? - -
dis.org - ? ?/? - ? ? ? ? ? 23a ?
extropia ? ? ?/? + ? ? ? Pr? ? 23a ?
jarthur +/-- St SM/MQ? - ? ? ? Un ? 23a -
menudo -- ? ?/? - t1 ? ? ? ? - ?
merde -/-- ? ?/? - ? ? ? ? ? - ?
penet.fi -- St ?/? - t? 24 + Pr H - -
pmantis ++ ? ?/? - ? - - ? ? - -
qwerty + C SM/MQ - - - - PA M 23a +
rosebud ++/- ? ?/? - - - ? ? ? 23a ?
remba ? ? ?/? ? ? ? ? ? ? 23a ?
shell ++/+/- St ?/? - ? ? ? ? ? 23a -
soda ++/- St+? ?/? - ? ? ? ? ? -
Subj: Strips Subject header?
NL: Non-linear remailing? 123->231.
RD: Random delay added (max, in hours)?
Batch: Batched remailing? t2 means twice daily. n5 means after 5 messages.
CPU: Pr = private. PA = account on public access machine. Un = university.
Phys: Physical security of the CPU, especially at night. H/M/L.
BitB: BitBucket feature?
Fast?:
++ <5 min
+ 5-10 min.
- ~10-30 min delay
-- Pinging isn't practical due to long delays, but may be more secure.
+/- Sometimes +, sometimes -
Normal internet mail delays are common, and are not equivalent in the two
directions between any two remailers. Mail still gets through.
OpLog:
F: Full copies of all mail is archived. My large volume mailing should
help put a stop to this.
St: Stats logs of when mail was remailed.
St+: Stats logs of when and where mail was remailed.
St-: Simple counter.
N: Operator keeps no logs.
SysLog:
SM: sendmail logs of when and where mail was exchanged. Root access.
MQ: mailqueue accessible by anyone on the site. Could make logs.
bsu-cs [email protected]
catalyst [email protected]
chaos [email protected]
cicada [email protected]
dis.org [email protected]
extropia [email protected]
jarthur [email protected]
menudo [email protected]
merde [email protected]
penet.fi anon.penet.fi
pmantis [email protected]
qwerty [email protected]
rosebud [email protected]
shell [email protected]
soda [email protected]
Discontinued remailers still on some lists out there:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (spelling?)
[email protected] (spelling?)
[email protected]
[email protected]??
[email protected]?
[email protected]?
[email protected]?
Background on each remailer:
bsu-cs:
Run by Chael Hall.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??
catalyst:
Run by Scott Collins.
Machine: personal dial-up account on Netcom.
Problems policy: Outgoing address blocking, with proof of ID.
Contact [email protected].
Software: Customized Hal's ?
Security: Netcom keeps sendmail logs, which [email protected] can read.
Any Netcom user could also compile his own sendmail logs, by
constantly logging mail as it arrives and leaves.
Comments:
History: ??
chaos:
Run by ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security:
Comments: Finger [email protected] for info using any remailer. ??
gopher chaos.bsu.edu for a collection of info about Cypherpunks.
Comments:
History: ??
cicada:
Run by Eric Hollander.
Machine: ???
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: Tread lightly. Being "phased out".
dis.org:
Run by ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??
extropia:
Run by ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments: Only accepts PGP remailing. ::/Encrypted:PGP header is optional.
Privately owned, in Canada.
History: ??
jarthur:
Run by Eli Brandt.
Machine: Sequent Symmetry.
Problems policy: Destination blocking is available w/ sufficient ID.
Contact [email protected].
Software: the usual, tweaked for MMDF. Hal's?
Security: jarthur keeps sendmail logs.
Comments:
History: Set up late '92. PGP added mid-'93.
menudo:
Run by ??
Maching: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: Stores messages and sends them at midnight??
Comments:
History: ??
merde:
Run by ??
Maching: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??
penet.fi:
Run by Julf (last name?)
Machine: ?? Operator owned.
Problems policy: Account revokation. Contact [email protected].
Software: custom.
Security:
Comments: By far the most popular remailer, dwarfing in a day what the
entire Cypherpunk remailers combined carry in a month. Supports
easy return addresses as well as non-anonymous mailing to
someone's anonymous address (na1234... instead of an1234...).
Your real address is kept on Julf's hard disk, but is fairly safe
there, especially if you do not abuse your anonymity to harass
someone. On a bad day your mail and especially Usenet posts may
be delayed up to two days. Very reliable though. Sends error
messages back to you for failed mail. Limited to 48K mail.
History: ??
pmantis:
Run by Eric Hollander.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: Tread lightly. Being "phased out".
Comments:
History: ??
qwerty:
Run by Xenon.
Machine: dial-up account on Netcom.
Problems policy: "What problems?". Contact [email protected].
Software: Hal's remailer.
Security: Netcom keeps sendmail logs, which [email protected] can read.
Any Netcom user could also compile his own sendmail logs, by
constantly logging mil as it arrives and leaves.
Comments: You must use [email protected] not [email protected].
Finger [email protected] for a blurb on the remailer and updates
on its software.
Request-Remailing-To: /dev/null is a bit bucket.
whitehouse.gov gets blocked and fully logged.
History: Up 2/94. Set up by Xenon who needed more remailers to use to send
PGP info to people with, since anon.penet.fi was overloaded.
rembe:
Run by ?
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments: ??
History: ??
rosebud:
Run by Karl Barrus.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??
shell:
Run by Hal Finney.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: Hal's Remailer.
Security: ??
Comments: whitehouse.gov blocked and fully logged.
[email protected] forwards all mail to shell.
History: ??
soda:
Run by Eric Hollander.
Run by: ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Blocking of addresses. Mail sent to problem causer.
Contact ??
Software: custom. ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??
Remailer Public Keys:
(I've got these...)