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[INFO] State of the Remailer System?

George Orwell

2005-11-22, 7:46 am

The State Of The Remailer System?

In a word: the best it has ever been.

Why?

* 50 remailers
* 99 to 100 percent completion as a standard
* Flooding eliminated by sophisticated filters on news
clients
* Forgery of email addresses eliminated by automatic opt-in
software on remailers.
* Ddosing of remailers eliminated by almost universal use of
broadband connections.

What else? I don't know, but I'm sure there are more good remailer things in existence, and more good remailer news just over the horizon.

The things that aren't so good about the remailer system are so trivial as to be unworthy of mention.

Keep up the good work, remops!

Zax

2005-11-22, 5:48 pm

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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:43:55 +0100 (CET), George Orwell wrote in
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er.it>:

> The State Of The Remailer System?
>
> In a word: the best it has ever been.

http://www.bananasplit.info/remaile...orts/report.ytd
We have lost a lot of remailers this year and only gained 2 or 3 new
ones. Old systems like Mixmaster don't generate the interest and
enthusiasm of new ones like Tor. There are several hundred Tor nodes
each requiring significant bandwidth, but only around 40 active
remailers that can run over a bit of wet string. Hopefully mixminion
will restore some of the interest as new versions appear.

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Anonymous

2005-11-22, 5:48 pm

In article < f7e606614d6fc2a3d1afa467d982fa87@mixmast
er.it>
Eelbash Admin <admin@eelbash.yi.org> wrote:
>
> The State Of The Remailer System?
>
> In a word: the best it has ever been.

No it isn't.

> Why?
>
> * 50 remailers

Try 34.

> * 99 to 100 percent completion as a standard
> * Flooding eliminated by sophisticated filters on news
> clients

If you're talking about your 'flood' a few weeks back, you didn't need
sophisticated filters for that. Basic filters did just fine.

> * Forgery of email addresses eliminated by automatic opt-in
> software on remailers.

Automatic opt-in? What is that supposed to mean? Are you attempting to
speak haprauxymatyvely?

Maybe you mean the dest-blk function? That is nothing new. It's been
in Mixmaster since the beginning.

> * Ddosing of remailers eliminated by almost universal use of
> broadband connections.

Most remailers were running on broadband class connections or higher
years ago too. Nothing new.

> What else? I don't know, but I'm sure there are more good remailer things in existence, and more good remailer news just over the horizon.

The best remailer news was you shutting down your remailer. The worst
remailer news to come is you starting it back up again.

> The things that aren't so good about the remailer system are so trivial as to be unworthy of mention.

Indeed. Your excuse for a remailer isn't worth mentioning.

> Keep up the good work, remops!

We will. If the remailer network has become so good since you shut
down your remailer, take it as a sign.

Nomen Nescio

2005-11-22, 5:48 pm

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Anonymous <anonymous@invalid.com> wrote:
>In article < f7e606614d6fc2a3d1afa467d982fa87@mixmast
er.it>
>Eelbash Admin <admin@eelbash.yi.org> wrote:
>
>No it isn't.
>
>
>Try 34.
>
>
>If you're talking about your 'flood' a few weeks back, you didn't need
>sophisticated filters for that. Basic filters did just fine.

He must work for CNN.

Thrasher Remailer

2005-11-22, 8:47 pm

In <149a586c54a4521e68425fe37c647da9@anon.bananasplit.info>, anonymous@invalid.com wrote:
>In article < f7e606614d6fc2a3d1afa467d982fa87@mixmast
er.it>
>Eelbash Admin <admin@eelbash.yi.org> wrote:
>
>No it isn't.
>
>
>Try 34.
>
>
>If you're talking about your 'flood' a few weeks back, you didn't need
>sophisticated filters for that. Basic filters did just fine.
>
>
>Automatic opt-in? What is that supposed to mean? Are you attempting to
>speak haprauxymatyvely?
>
>Maybe you mean the dest-blk function? That is nothing new. It's been
>in Mixmaster since the beginning.

He's talking in Eelbash

>
>Most remailers were running on broadband class connections or higher
>years ago too. Nothing new.
>
>
>The best remailer news was you shutting down your remailer. The worst
>remailer news to come is you starting it back up again.
>
>
>Indeed. Your excuse for a remailer isn't worth mentioning.
>
>
>We will. If the remailer network has become so good since you shut
>down your remailer, take it as a sign.
>.

Thrasher Remailer

2005-11-22, 8:47 pm

In < f7e606614d6fc2a3d1afa467d982fa87@mixmast
er.it>, nobody@mixmaster.it wrote:
>The State Of The Remailer System?
>
>In a word: the best it has ever been.
>
>Why?
>
>* 50 remailers

Umm.. you must know about several that I don't. I know of about 34, some of
which are cpunk, some mixmaster, most are hybrids.

Would you please post the list of 50 remailer capstrings:

Here's my list of 34 remailer capstrings:

$remailer{"amessage"} = "<mixmaster@remail.amessage.info> cpunk max mix middle pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ekx inflt50 rhop5 reord post klen512 middle test";
$remailer{"amigo"} = "<anon@remailer.org.uk> cpunk max mix middle pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ekx inflt50 rhop5 reord post klen100";
$remailer{"antani"} = "<mixmaster@firenze.linux.it> cpunk max mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ekx inflt50 rhop5 reord post";
$remailer{"austria"} = "<mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> cpunk mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord klen1024";
$remailer{"banana"} = "<mix3@bananasplit.info> mix middle remix inflt50 rhop5 reord post klen100";
$remailer{"bigapple"} = "<remailer@bigapple.yi.org> cpunk mix hybrid pgp latent ek ekx esub cut hash post repgp remix ext max test inflt32 rhop5 klen94";
$remailer{"bikikii"} = "<remail@bikikii.ath.cx> cpunk mix hybrid middle pgp pgponly latent ek ekx esub cut hash post repgp remix reord ext max test inflt50 rhop5 klen125";
$remailer{"borked"} = "<remailer@pseudo.borked.net> cpunk max mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop5 reord post klen1024";
$remailer{"bunker"} = "<mixmaster@mixmaster.thebunker.net> mix middle remix esub inflt50 rhop20 reord post";
$remailer{"citrus"} = "<mix@outel.org> cpunk max mix middle pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop5 reord";
$remailer{"cripto"} = "<anon@ecn.org> cpunk mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord post klen150";
$remailer{"cside"} = "<cside@cside.dyndns.org> mix middle remix inflt50 rhop5 reord";
$remailer{"cthulu"} = "<mixmaster@cthulu.joatcrafts.org> cpunk mix middle pgp pgponly remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord klen300";
$remailer{"daat"} = "<mix@daat.aarg.net> cpunk max mix middle pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop5 reord klen1024";
$remailer{"dingo"} = "<dingo1@dingoremailer.com> cpunk mix hybrid middle pgp pgponly latent ek ekx esub cut hash post repgp remix reord ext max test inflt50 rhop5 klen1000";
$remailer{"dizum"} = "<remailer@dizum.com> cpunk mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord post klen64";
$remailer{"frell"} = "<godot@remailer.frell.eu.org> cpunk mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop5 reord post klen1024";
$remailer{"george"} = "<mix@mixmaster.it> cpunk max mix pgp repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop5 reord post";
$remailer{"hastio"} = "<anon@remailer.hastio.org> cpunk mix hybrid pgp latent ek ekx esub cut hash repgp remix reord ext max test inflt75 rhop6 klen1000";
$remailer{"hermes"} = "<remailer@eocto.net> cpunk max mix middle pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop5 reord";
$remailer{"itomix2"} = "<mixmaster2@ito.tu-darmstadt.de> mix remix inflt50 rhop5 reord post";
$remailer{"kroken"} = "<remailer@kroken.dynalias.com> cpunk mix middle pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord klen1024";
$remailer{"lcs"} = "<mix@anon.lcs.mit.edu> mix klen1000";
$remailer{"metacolo"} = "<mix@remailer.metacolo.com> cpunk max mix pgp repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop5 reord post";
$remailer{"panta"} = "<remailer@panta-rhei.dyndns.org> cpunk mix hybrid hcnews pgp latent ek ekx esub cut hash post repgp remix reord ext max test inflt75 rhop5 klen1000";
$remailer{"randseed"} = "<randseed@melontraffickers.com> cpunk mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord post";
$remailer{"senshi"} = "<senshiremailer@gmx.de> cpunk middle pgp latent ek ekx esub cut hash repgp reord ext max test inflt10 rhop2 klen200";
$remailer{"starwars"} = "<mixmaster@tatooine.homelinux.net> cpunk mix pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord post";
$remailer{"thrasher"} = "<thrasher@reece.net.au> cpunk mix hybrid pgp pgponly latent ek ekx esub cut hash post repgp remix reord ext max test inflt112 rhop6 klen1000";
$remailer{"tonga"} = "<remailer@cypherpunks.to> mix remix esub inflt50 rhop20 reord post";
$remailer{"twisty"} = "<remailer@twistycreek.com> cpunk mix hybrid pgp pgponly latent ek ekx esub cut hash post repgp remix reord ext max test inflt75 rhop5 klen1000";
$remailer{"userbeam"} = "<remailer@userbeam.net> mix middle remix inflt50 rhop20";
$remailer{"vger"} = "<mix@vger.smbtech.com> cpunk mix middle pgp repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt256 rhop20 reord post klen8192";
$remailer{"zerofree"} = "<remailer@zerofreedom.homeip.net> cpunk mix middle pgp pgponly repgp remix latent hash cut test ek ekx esub inflt50 rhop20 reord";

and the six nymservers I know about :

$remailer{"at"} = "<config@nym.at> newnym2 pgp klen1024 DH/DSS";
$remailer{"blackhol"} = "<config@blackhole.riot.eu.org> newnym pgp klen1024";
$remailer{"hod"} = "<config@hod.aarg.net> newnym2 pgp klen1024 DH/DSS TESTING";
$remailer{"komite"} = "<config@nym.komite.net> newnym2 pgp klen1024 DH/DSS";
$remailer{"nym"} = "<config@nym.alias.net> newnym pgp klen1024";
$remailer{"pantanym"} = "<config@nym.panta-rhei.dyndns.org> newnym newnym2 pgp klen1024";

>* 99 to 100 percent completion as a standard
>* Flooding eliminated by sophisticated filters on news
>clients
>* Forgery of email addresses eliminated by automatic opt-in
>software on remailers.
>* Ddosing of remailers eliminated by almost universal use of
>broadband connections.
>
>What else? I don't know, but I'm sure there are more good remailer things in
>existence, and more good remailer news just over the horizon.
>
>The things that aren't so good about the remailer system are so trivial as to
>be unworthy of mention.
>
>Keep up the good work, remops!

Anonymous

2005-11-22, 8:47 pm

Zax <fleegle@bananasplit.info> wrote:

> http://www.bananasplit.info/remaile...orts/report.ytd

I really miss Frog-Admin's Remailer Obituary postings. Sometimes remops
needed a nudge to get their act in order. Many did not notice their
remailer crashed.

Can't you take the part?

|New Remailers
|-------------
|bigapple remailer@bigapple.yi.org bd798c852047d1d862f35dbb26fe1623 CN

New name. No new remailer.

|itomix2 mixmaster2@ito.tu-darmstadt.de 9584394d374a15a0132fa9908a330422 C

New name. Old remailer.

|lcs mix@anon.lcs.mit.edu 0a28e8a7bd2133d59cf7db80c773176e No Capstring

LCS? NEW? Are you kidding?

|twisty remailer@twistycreek.com 6cce265631c9d7d85d367e7817676340 CN

Welcome, business class remailer operator.

|borked remailer@pseudo.borked.net a10f6433248b2c22edf8600b30b93125 CNm

Who is this? The name was reserved for eelbash.

|Deleted Remailers
|-----------------
|apple2 remailer@bigapple.dynalias.net

Renamed to Bigapple. Not dead.

| ashcroft ashcroft@socialistsushi.com

A failure from the start. Former patriot pussy.

| cmeclax cmeclax@ixazon.dynip.com

A very weird one. Good one, too.
Is the remailer still under repair?

| chicago remailer@xenophon.homeip.net

Chicago was a reliable remailer and had a good website. Sad to see it
disappeared.

| harmless harmless@minder.net
| krotus mix@buckwheat.jwiz.org

I absolutely hate to see veteran remailers leave the scene.

| lbrtynws remailer@libertynews.org
| itys mix@itys.net

Veni, Vidi, made some noise and left.
Thanks for providing a service. You're welcome.

| gbnq mixmaster@devspread.org
| mercler mercler@geekhost.info

More abandoned toys.

| rot26 rot26@mix.uucico.de

Don'get me started.

| void remailer@void.hn.org

This one must have slipped under my radzr. I cannot recall anything about
it. Hence the name, I take it.

| italy aquarius@italy-anonymous-remailer.it
| paranoia anon@paranoici.org

Hard times for italian remailers. First paranoia had its hardware
compromised, then antani server was tampered with. Not to forget the
seizure of Indymedia UK servers by proxy, the willing US.

I was under the impression the respective mafia family would take care of
protecting remailer servers in their region. Maybe they loose their
influence.

cripto, starwars and george still up. Hooray.

> Old systems like Mixmaster don't generate the interest and
> enthusiasm of new ones like Tor.

Plus newer systems have central directories and cope well with fluctuating
node populations and intermittend transport problems. Short-lived remailers
are no good choice in nym reply blocks. High-loss remailers like bunker are
useless and might as well close shop.

There are several hundred Tor nodes
> each requiring significant bandwidth, but only around 40 active
> remailers that can run over a bit of wet string.

The little bloggers' logic:
Tor is for surfing porn at work. Remailers are for spam and usenet nuisance.

> Hopefully mixminion
> will restore some of the interest as new versions appear.

We must have faith.

Fritz Wuehler

2005-11-22, 8:47 pm

Anonymous <anonymous@invalid.com> wrote:

> Hard times for italian remailers. First paranoia had its hardware
> compromised, then antani server was tampered with.

And at the same time, riot went down with alleged 'hardware problems'.
Coincidence?

Nomen Nescio

2005-11-23, 5:47 pm

Here's my list of remailer capstrings:

amessage mixmaster@remail.amessage.info acc71cfd073b74d1683e8583545cd65f
2:3.0b2 MCNm 2005-03-17 2006-04-11
anon mixmaster@anon.978.org 909cc2abfa166a71d3a59f3c8220ff2b 2:3.0a9
MCNm 2005-03-10 2006-04-04
antani mixmaster@firenze.linux.it 9ca488e77f393a4a8a84efe12782d88a
2:3.0b2 MCNm 2005-07-05 2006-07-30
austria mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at 37586091b168b5e5b9a4b0d8cbe0e0de
2:2.9.1 C
banana mix3@bananasplit.info 6c018e5942641dc65118697257681d01 2:3.0b2
MCNp 2005-06-26 2006-07-21
bigapple remailer@bigapple.yi.org bd798c852047d1d862f35dbb26fe1623
2.0.4b46-reliable CN
bikikii remail@bikikii.ath.cx 836648067bbe410bad11d259ed62c12d 2.0.4b46
MCNm 2004-09-01 2006-12-31
borked remailer@pseudo.borked.net a10f6433248b2c22edf8600b30b93125
2:3.0b1 CNm 2005-04-30 2006-05-25
bunker mixmaster@mixmaster.thebunker.net
0bd3320d57af38db5ea3432df2bf1f9e 2.9b38 CNm
chicago remailer@xenophon.homeip.net f29a9f154590e9bc9ecbf82712b89461
2:2.9.1 MC
citrus mix@outel.org 310b8456beb23663965c6483fc45aab7 2:3.0b1 MC
cmeclax cmeclax@ixazon.dynip.com 76e5077bb9063f304f0a4a81ba479105
2:3.0b2 MCNp 2004-09-19 2005-10-14
cripto anon@ecn.org 42e62a7198a5bb9ee64b027fe1a5e393 2:2.9.0 CNm
cside cside@cside.dyndns.org f7a66f5f1977c8ef6c49a85c35b0f0ab 2:3.0b2
MC 2005-02-22 2006-03-19
cthulu mixmaster@cthulu.joatcrafts.org 03395f366dc6a70e673ac5d548ca8ec1
2.9beta32 MC
daat mix@daat.aarg.net 641abee28559169eb86a85fc32552932 2:3.0b2 MC
2005-06-05 2006-06-30
dingo dingo1@dingoremailer.com f70ae1a285a81d9ecf22a95313cfc1fc
2.0.4b45 MCN
dizum remailer@dizum.com d0c04d1b7539af602c68182a59d885b9 2:2.9.0 CNm
edo anon@cryptorebels.net 3a527adc40727755fdd2fbfb82c6f6c9 2:2.9.0
CNm
frell godot@remailer.frell.eu.org ed3682ccd85a4264930044a4e9c53bfd
2:2.9.0 CNm
gbnq mixmaster@devspread.org c448d35d0423da75cca385744bcc9030 2:3.0b2
MC
george mix@mixmaster.it ab3475256b54ca81e22654f3140059d1 2:3.0b2 CNm
harmless harmless@minder.net a4b4963fd61c6a02c284b8f57326b4b5 2:2.9.0 MC
hastio anon@remailer.hastio.org b7e2ef816ab51617efea106acbddaa88
2.0.4b45 CN
hermes remailer@eocto.net 59451caedbc16ae799c9b8be8fe6529e 2:3.0b2 MC
italy aquarius@italy-anonymous-remailer.it
396c37c43f3f405b2d1ca3cd64a17386 2.0.4b46-reliable CN
itomix2 mixmaster2@ito.tu-darmstadt.de 9584394d374a15a0132fa9908a330422
2:3.0b2 C 2005-05-23 2006-06-17
kroken remailer@kroken.dynalias.com 32d306214a41b987d40123f723f7cfe2
2:2.9.1 C
krotus mix@buckwheat.jwiz.org 04534c97e4797dc53aa574b39785dc7a 2.9beta8
C
lbrtynws remailer@libertynews.org 11d98f1f778195dfeb2afdd9c3891d1e
2:3.0b2 MC
lemuria mix@nox.lemuria.org efde2d177c430ce6e1bde29aff44de2f 2.9b38 MC
mercler mercler@geekhost.info e73279be5bd1c82a4418b6f5e4147850 2:3.0b2
MCNm
metacolo mix@remailer.metacolo.com ae05e88b20ec3e276ae464e9901cd41a
2:3.0b1 CNm
panta remailer@panta-rhei.dyndns.org 560cdf610588cef6c7160ef984019323
2.0.4b46-reliable CNp 2004-08-07 2007-08-07
paranoia anon@paranoici.org 3aaf2ca2a4b0a5207a1523dd5a4fb11d 2:2.9.1 CNm
randseed randseed@melontraffickers.com b5f2983c8877b2ea0b31f42b2b8a0ef2
2:2.9.1p1 CNm
riot anon@riot.eu.org b62d1974b1bc45ac055702e92cbcf33e 2:2.9.1 MCNm
starwars mixmaster@tatooine.homelinux.net
912819a4f778f7ffd37dd6d1d96c3814 2:2.9.1 CNm
teddybor mixmaster@teddyb.org fdb581163f4bf98cd3d4ce9942bdc944 2:3.0b2
CNm 2004-11-17 2005-12-12
tek1 mix@remail.in 90e210c73a4e0b40eb75b1d7cc096965 2:3.0b2 MCNm 2005-
05-05 2006-05-30
thrasher thrasher@reece.net.au 75c001c8b9a06ff78a0826bc636031d9 2.0.4b46-
reliable CNp
tonga remailer@cypherpunks.to 70d5742c277080317d4161f8c41b6592 2:3.0a3
CNm 2002-09-12
twisty remailer@twistycreek.com 6cce265631c9d7d85d367e7817676340
2.0.4b46-reliable CN
userbeam remailer@userbeam.net 3cc022a6e8e1aa16b2fcf754e759f0f4 2:2.9.1 C
vger mix@vger.smbtech.com 3ad40b40176cdc8f149e5054ed4c6c90 2:2.9.1
MCNm
void remailer@void.hn.org 82f48640d7652429085bd0e11c0ed5ea 2:2.9.1 CNm
zerofree remailer@zerofreedom.homeip.net 1d45c5ea2d6add05ade7d3aada727f02
2:2.9.1 MC

Anonymous

2005-11-23, 5:47 pm

In article <677efffe8a32660b5d64e33917d03bca@dizum.com>
Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
>
> Here's my list of remailer capstrings:

Lots of them went down over a year ago. Update your stats!

Borked Pseudo Mailed

2005-11-23, 5:47 pm

In article <677efffe8a32660b5d64e33917d03bca@dizum.com>
Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
>
> chicago Down
> cmeclax Down
> edo Down
> gbnq Down
> harmless Down
> italy Down
> krotus Down
> lbrtynws Down
> lemuria Down
> mercler Down
> paranoia Down
> riot Down
> teddybor Down
> tek1 Down
> void Down

anon@comments.header

2005-11-23, 5:47 pm

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Anonymous <anonymous@invalid.com> wrote:
>Zax <fleegle@bananasplit.info> wrote:
>
>
>I really miss Frog-Admin's Remailer Obituary postings. Sometimes remops
>needed a nudge to get their act in order. Many did not notice their
>remailer crashed.
>
>Can't you take the part?
>
>|New Remailers
>|-------------
>|bigapple remailer@bigapple.yi.org bd798c852047d1d862f35dbb26fe1623 CN
>
>New name. No new remailer.
>
>|itomix2 mixmaster2@ito.tu-darmstadt.de 9584394d374a15a0132fa9908a330422 C
>
>New name. Old remailer.
>
>|lcs mix@anon.lcs.mit.edu 0a28e8a7bd2133d59cf7db80c773176e No Capstring
>
>LCS? NEW? Are you kidding?
>
>|twisty remailer@twistycreek.com 6cce265631c9d7d85d367e7817676340 CN
>
>Welcome, business class remailer operator.
>
>|borked remailer@pseudo.borked.net a10f6433248b2c22edf8600b30b93125 CNm
>
>Who is this? The name was reserved for eelbash.
>
>|Deleted Remailers
>|-----------------
>|apple2 remailer@bigapple.dynalias.net
>
>Renamed to Bigapple. Not dead.
>
>| ashcroft ashcroft@socialistsushi.com
>
>A failure from the start. Former patriot pussy.
>
>| cmeclax cmeclax@ixazon.dynip.com
>
>A very weird one. Good one, too.
>Is the remailer still under repair?
>
>| chicago remailer@xenophon.homeip.net
>
>Chicago was a reliable remailer and had a good website. Sad to see it
>disappeared.
>
>| harmless harmless@minder.net
>| krotus mix@buckwheat.jwiz.org
>
>I absolutely hate to see veteran remailers leave the scene.
>
>| lbrtynws remailer@libertynews.org
>| itys mix@itys.net
>
>Veni, Vidi, made some noise and left.
>Thanks for providing a service. You're welcome.
>
>| gbnq mixmaster@devspread.org
>| mercler mercler@geekhost.info
>
>More abandoned toys.
>
>| rot26 rot26@mix.uucico.de
>
>Don'get me started.
>
>| void remailer@void.hn.org
>
>This one must have slipped under my radzr. I cannot recall anything about
>it. Hence the name, I take it.
>
>| italy aquarius@italy-anonymous-remailer.it
>| paranoia anon@paranoici.org
>
>Hard times for italian remailers. First paranoia had its hardware
>compromised, then antani server was tampered with. Not to forget the
>seizure of Indymedia UK servers by proxy, the willing US.
>
> I was under the impression the respective mafia family would take care of
> protecting remailer servers in their region. Maybe they loose their
> influence.
>
> cripto, starwars and george still up. Hooray.
>
>
>Plus newer systems have central directories and cope well with fluctuating
>node populations and intermittend transport problems. Short-lived remailers
>are no good choice in nym reply blocks. High-loss remailers like bunker are
>useless and might as well close shop.
>
> There are several hundred Tor nodes
>
>The little bloggers' logic:
>Tor is for surfing porn at work. Remailers are for spam and usenet nuisance.
>
>
>We must have faith.

Wow, you stay on top of things mate. Thanks for the post!!!!

Twisty Admin

2005-11-23, 8:46 pm

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:45:07 +0000, Anonymous <anonymous@invalid.com> wrote:

>Zax <fleegle@bananasplit.info> wrote:
>

snipped all over:[vbcol=seagreen]
>
>|twisty remailer@twistycreek.com 6cce265631c9d7d85d367e7817676340 CN
>
>Welcome, business class remailer operator.
Yes, I am a business class re-mailer. I can't be compromised since I am
operating under the Rules of the Telecommunications Act,
At $1,100 + computers costs a year, I'll be around for a while. I had to sign
a 2 year contract

It does get expensive to stay within the ToS of the ISP.
Not to mention I have a passion for re-mailers.

>|borked remailer@pseudo.borked.net a10f6433248b2c22edf8600b30b93125 CNm
>
>Who is this? The name was reserved for eelbash.
>

Eeelbash? Oh Crap!!!!!

Here is my modified help file. I am open to suggestions to make it better,
Copy it to the clipboard before checking the validity. Word wrap plays hell
with signed posts.

It is available from remailer@twistycreek.com
Subject: remailer-help

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

This file is signed with the Re-mailer PGP key to prevent tampering with
the
contents. It has been edited by me, the System Administrator. Please note
that the re-mailer key has also been signed by the Admin key and vice
versa.

The re-mailer keys are available by sending an E-mail to:

remailer@twistycreek.com
Subject: remailer-key

The re-mailer Admin keys are available by sending an E-mail to:

remailer@twistycreek.com
Subject: admin-key

1.0 Disclaimer:

This re-mailer is operated by me, a private individual. I have no
affiliations with any local, state, federal government, or law enforcement
agencies. By this statement, I am assuring you that I am not in any way
connected with any such agencies. I will not knowingly nor willingly
co-operate with any agency that would corrupt the re-mailer system. In
other words, by this declaration, I am declaring that this re-mailer is not
in any way affiliated with any law enforcement or governmental agency. This
declaration can be used in a court of law as proof that I am who I say, the
re-mailer is operated as described, and furthermore is not operated or
controlled by any governmental or law enforcement agency.

The re-mailer PC is operated directly from my home. It is not located off
site to prevent possible compromise of the system.

Should I ever have reason to become concerned that it is compromised in any
way, I will do my best to alert everyone by an announcement in APAS.

Ultimately it is your decision to use or not use this re-mailer.

2.0 My Thanks:

I am extending my gratitude to RProcess, who wrote Reliable and JBN.
Reliable is the heart and soul of most Type 1 and Type 2 re-mailers in
service today.

The Stray Cat who was a mentor to all of us in our early years learning the
basics of using re-mailers.

Panta-Rhei, who has collected the modifications to Reliable by others and
added to and improved Reliable and JBN2.

Richard Christman, who has so selflessly devoted his time to authoring
QuickSilver.

Howard MacM…., a long time personal friend that supports me in this effort.
He is a true Scottsman.

Thomas J. Boo…., another long time and long distance friend that offers
his support and provides a shoulder to lean on.

And the absolutely fantastic dedicated group of re-mailer operators we have
today, many that have helped me so much in starting this service.

3.0 Operation of this re-mailer:

I do not believe in altering the body of any messages sent through this
re-mailer. I have added disclaimers, but the disclaimers are in the
headers. No filters are applied to any messages entering or exiting this
re-mailer. Only the disclaimers in the message headers are added as
previously mentioned.

4.0 Logging:

Absolutely no logs are kept. All logging features in Mercury or any other
program related to the operation of this re-mailer are totally disabled.

5.0 Checking:

I do periodically check the Mercury SMTP window to verify correct operation
and that the re-mailer is not operating as an open relay. No information is
collected except when an attempt is made to bypass the settings of the
re-mailer and compromise it. There are always new exploits being developed
and I want to ensure that this re-mailer has not been exploited.

6.0 Abuse:

Please do not abuse the re-mailer system. It hurts the credibility of those
that need it. I will at the request of an E-mail recipient destination
block their E-mail address.

Please do not use the re-mailer system to harass others on Usenet. Once
again, it hurts the credibility of those that need it.

7.0 Bounces:

On occasion, an M2News Gateway may be down for an extended period. Or
perhaps a sender has sent an E-mail to an invalid E-mail address. Normally,
these become bounces and are bounced back to the Postmaster/Administrator.
I have set up filters in my Mail Client to automatically delete all bounces
before they reach the inbox. This prevents me from accidentally seeing the
contents of any messages sent through this re-mailer. In all frankness, I
do not want to know for my own protection.

8.0 About the Re-mailer:

The re-mailer domain name is registered with Network Solutions. The
Internet Service on which it operates is a full business class service
permitting web hosting and operation of this re-mailer. These are permitted
within the ISP's terms of service for a commercial account.

Backup mail services to prevent the loss of mail should the re-mailer
server be unavailable are purchased from http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/

The re-mailer PC is a 3.2 Ghz Dell Optiplex with an 80 Gb hard drive. It is
dedicated primarily for use as a re-mailer. It is intentionally
disconnected from the home network. A USB KVM switch is used to switch
between the re-mailer PC and the main home PC. A UPS is employed to power
the re-mailer PC and combination Cable Modem Switch. This is to protect
against short power outages. (The system is heavily password protected so
it is a real PITA to bring it up again after a reboot or power outage)

Re-mailer-Software:

Microsoft Windows XP Pro Operating System (automatic updates are enabled)

Eraser to periodically erase all unused disk space

Bestcrypt to hold Mercury, PGP, Reliable, and Mixmaster and encrypt the
swap file

Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 Systems v4.01a.
(The latest patch to Mercury has been applied)

Reliable v1.0.6rc2 panta

Mixmaster 2.0.4b46-reliable CN

PGP 6.58 CKT build

JBN2 with Panta Mods

The Bat Version 2.0.3 Personal Edition E-Mail client

Forte News Agent 2.0.xx for reading and posting to Usenet Groups

NIST Internet Time Service (ITS) from http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm
(This automatically adjusts the re-mailer PC clock every hour)

9.0 Where to obtain re-mailer software:

Quicksilver is an easy to use Mixmaster client mailer. It can be obtained
from the Quicksilver website: http://www.quicksilvermail.net/ Please
take the time to check out the other links Richard has so kindly provided.

JBN, PGP 6.58, Mixmaster, and the Panta Mods for JBN can be obtained from
the downloads area provided by Panta-Rhei. Please check out
http://www.panta-rhei.dyndns.org/ for a lot of useful information.

10.0 Useful Links

The default from headers of all re-mailers when sending e-mail and user
supplied from headers. Middleman re-mailers are not listed here.
http://pinger.bananasplit.info/from.html/

QuickSilver Mail2news Gateway Log (Shows the current status of M2News
gateways). http://www.quicksilvermail.net/mail2news.html

11.0 Pingers

A Canonical List of All Pingers is provided here:
http://www.noreply.org/allpingers/
My sincere thanks to Peter for maintaining this site.

Please check the main site: http://www.noreply.org/ for many other useful
links and pages.

12.0 Conclusion

Thanks for taking the time to read this help file. I hope you find it of
some interest. Welcome to the wonderful world of anonymous re-mailers.

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Anonymous Sender

2005-11-25, 5:47 pm

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In article
<9e694f153432a1ff766e5bc7e69b65b7@anon.bananasplit.info>
Anonymous <anonymous@invalid.com> wrote:
>
> Zax <fleegle@bananasplit.info> wrote:
>
>
> I really miss Frog-Admin's Remailer Obituary postings. Sometimes remops
> needed a nudge to get their act in order. Many did not notice their
> remailer crashed.

RIOT was very good for this. Unfortunately, the service stopped
some time ago, along with the combined (meta) statistics.

> Can't you take the part?

That would be nice. Maybe riot can provide banana with the code?

Amigo

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Zax

2005-11-25, 5:47 pm

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:27:40 +0000 (UTC), Anonymous Sender wrote in
Message-Id: < 7b37c14f29ff52797f83bf90c2f0fc2f@remaile
r.metacolo.com>:

> RIOT was very good for this. Unfortunately, the service stopped
> some time ago, along with the combined (meta) statistics.
>
>
> That would be nice. Maybe riot can provide banana with the code?

I'm happy to take a look at it, although I'm pretty sure that frog's
obituary thing was a totally manual process. How about if I built
something into my meta-stats (http://beta-stats.bananasplit.info) to
keep a track of all remailers and when they were last seen?

At the moment the meta-stats only retain dead remailer records for 28
days. I can add an additional page to list all the remailers that
haven't been seen for 28 days. If the remailer returns to active
service then the page would no longer show them. This doesn't cover the
Eelbash syndrome of remailers returning with different names/addresses,
but it's better than nothing.

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uid Admin <admin.bananasplit.info>

Super Nanny

2005-11-25, 5:47 pm

Anonymous <anonymous@invalid.com> writes:
>|borked remailer@pseudo.borked.net a10f6433248b2c22edf8600b30b93125 CNm
>
>Who is this? The name was reserved for eelbash.

No No. The reserved name for eelbash is 'porked'.

--
Super Nanny

Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer

2005-11-25, 5:47 pm

In article <dm7dt6$lkj$2@bananasplit.info>
Zax <fleegle@bananasplit.info> wrote:
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA512
>
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:27:40 +0000 (UTC), Anonymous Sender wrote in
> Message-Id: < 7b37c14f29ff52797f83bf90c2f0fc2f@remaile
r.metacolo.com>:
>
>
> I'm happy to take a look at it, although I'm pretty sure that frog's
> obituary thing was a totally manual process. How about if I built
> something into my meta-stats (http://beta-stats.bananasplit.info) to
> keep a track of all remailers and when they were last seen?
>
> At the moment the meta-stats only retain dead remailer records for 28
> days. I can add an additional page to list all the remailers that
> haven't been seen for 28 days. If the remailer returns to active
> service then the page would no longer show them. This doesn't cover the
> Eelbash syndrome of remailers returning with different names/addresses,
> but it's better than nothing.

Don't know if you remember the riot version, but it used to give
a status for each remailer. Red, Amber, Green (<90% 90-95% >95%
reliability over the metastats, outlying results excluded). It
was set up to automatically post a message to a mailing list
(using Mailman) whenever the status of any remailer altered
(getting better or worse) and this mailing list could be viewed
online, giving a history of how a remailer has faired in the
past. You could also "subscribe" whereby you would receive an
email if the status of a particular (user chosen) remailer(s)
altered.

I used this when I ran Reliable (which unfortunately, never
really was). Fortunately Mixmaster has been vastly more stable.

With the automated message (definately an automatic, not manual,
process) you got an idea pretty quickly when something went
wrong with the remailer.

Zax

2005-11-25, 5:47 pm

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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:41:47 +0100 (CET), Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote in
Message-Id: <20051125174147.25879171DD@mail.cypherpunks.to>:

> Don't know if you remember the riot version, but it used to give
> a status for each remailer. Red, Amber, Green (<90% 90-95% >95%
> reliability over the metastats, outlying results excluded). It
> was set up to automatically post a message to a mailing list
> (using Mailman) whenever the status of any remailer altered
> (getting better or worse) and this mailing list could be viewed
> online, giving a history of how a remailer has faired in the
> past. You could also "subscribe" whereby you would receive an
> email if the status of a particular (user chosen) remailer(s)
> altered.

This sounds exactly like the Remsaint system that Peter Palfrader used
to run on noreply.org. I'll take a look into it over the next week when
I have some time.

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uid Admin <admin.bananasplit.info>

Anonymous

2005-11-25, 5:47 pm

In article <dm7j2a$s88$2@bananasplit.info>
Zax <fleegle@bananasplit.info> wrote:
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA512
>
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:41:47 +0100 (CET), Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote in
> Message-Id: <20051125174147.25879171DD@mail.cypherpunks.to>:
>
>
> This sounds exactly like the Remsaint system that Peter Palfrader used
> to run on noreply.org. I'll take a look into it over the next week when
> I have some time.

I may indeed be confusing the two. Whatever, it's no longer
there and a replacement would be welcome!