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Re: Encrypting forwarding service?



On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Deranged Mutant wrote:

> Such a service can be set up at a site with *lots* of keys given to 
> it.  This way if one wants to spontaneously send a message to someone 
> that she doesn't have a key for, she can use the service.  (Perhaps 
> the service would only accept or forward mail from/to people who 
> submitted their keys, and possibly eca$h... it could also bounce 
> messages back, re-encrypted, if there's a failure...)
> 
> This could be used like anonymous remailers to foil traffic analysis, 
> but also for people who, in certain situations, don't want/need 
> anonymitiy with the person they are corresponding with, and who don't 
> necessarily have keys handy.

US/Canada residents only might want to look at:

 http://www.portal.com/~hfinney/java/pgpmail/PGPMailer.html

Of course it should be accessible through anonymous proxies.

-rich