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| George Orwell 2005-11-30, 5:48 pm |
| I see two ways to send mail/news so people can reply to my nym:
(1) encrypt the message to the nymserver's key, sign it with my nym
key, and send it through remailers to the nymserver.
(2) put my nym name and address in the From-header and send it through
remailers with an exit remailer that allows from-headers.
What's the advantage of 1 over 2?
thanks
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| panta-admin 2005-11-30, 5:48 pm |
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, George Orwell <nobody@mixmaster.it> wrote:
>I see two ways to send mail/news so people can reply to my nym:
>
>(1) encrypt the message to the nymserver's key, sign it with my nym
> key, and send it through remailers to the nymserver.
>
>(2) put my nym name and address in the From-header and send it through
> remailers with an exit remailer that allows from-headers.
>
>What's the advantage of 1 over 2?
Only you can do 1, while everyone can do 2.
In more detail:
Sending through the nym certifies that the owner of the nym account sent
the message.
You can even use the sign send option of the nymserver to have it PGP sign
your outgoing mail with the nymserver key.
On the other hand everyone can make a message with a From: header equal to
your nym address.
Hope this help,
Cheers,
panta-admin
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| Twisty Admin 2005-11-30, 5:48 pm |
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On 30 Nov 2005 14:32:00 -0000, panta-admin
<anonymous@panta-rhei.dyndns.org> wrote:
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>On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, George Orwell <nobody@mixmaster.it> wrote:
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>Only you can do 1, while everyone can do 2.
>
>In more detail:
>
>Sending through the nym certifies that the owner of the nym account sent
>the message.
>You can even use the sign send option of the nymserver to have it PGP sign
>your outgoing mail with the nymserver key.
>
>On the other hand everyone can make a message with a From: header equal to
>your nym address.
>
>Hope this help,
>Cheers,
>panta-admin
>
Very good answer Panta. I use nyms for posting to my hobby groups. I post
directly from my nym using the no_spam m2news gateways.
A side question sort of on the same subject.
I am running the Panta Reliable version. I had a request from someone last
night that their name was being forged in comments to some newsgroups and
if there was anything I could do about it. I do allow name only on Usenet
posts.
In your panta Mods, I have enabled the Panta destination block from:
Then I put in his name in Files- Destination Blocked - To: *hisname*
Am I now blocking his name from being forged?
Thanks for the mods
My warmest regards,
Twisty Admin
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| George Orwell 2005-11-30, 5:48 pm |
| In article <klfro1pc1i27k865n3a28o6l6q6ra7tau6@4ax.com>
Twisty Admin <admin^@^twistycreek^.^com> wrote:
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> On 30 Nov 2005 14:32:00 -0000, panta-admin
> <anonymous@panta-rhei.dyndns.org> wrote:
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> Very good answer Panta. I use nyms for posting to my hobby groups. I post
> directly from my nym using the no_spam m2news gateways.
>
> A side question sort of on the same subject.
>
> I am running the Panta Reliable version. I had a request from someone last
> night that their name was being forged in comments to some newsgroups and
> if there was anything I could do about it. I do allow name only on Usenet
> posts.
>
> In your panta Mods, I have enabled the Panta destination block from:
>
> Then I put in his name in Files- Destination Blocked - To: *hisname*
>
> Am I now blocking his name from being forged?
>
I'm not sure, but I think you'd want to block the From header.
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| panta-admin 2005-11-30, 5:48 pm |
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Hi !
The Panta Reliable mod incorporates an automatic destination blocking
mechanism.
If you enable it people can block themselves from receiving email from your
remailer.
Its challenge-response secured and works fine here.
>I am running the Panta Reliable version. I had a request from someone last
>night that their name was being forged in comments to some newsgroups and
>if there was anything I could do about it. I do allow name only on Usenet
>posts.
>
>In your panta Mods, I have enabled the Panta destination block from:
This mod will not allow any From: header that is equal to a destination
blocked address. This is so people who get their address forged can just
request a dest-block and it will automatically also stop the forgeries as
now the address is also blocked in the From: header.
>Then I put in his name in Files- Destination Blocked - To: *hisname*
That should work, with the Dest-Block-blocks-From mod enabled. Please do
test it though.
>Am I now blocking his name from being forged?
You are, and/but you are also destination blocking him. Keep that in mind
if you try to email him via your remailer. 
>Thanks for the mods
No worries,
Cheers,
panta-admin
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than alt.test and alt.anonymous.messages. Visit www.panta-rhei.dyndns.org
for abuse and hashcash info.
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| Twisty Admin 2005-11-30, 5:48 pm |
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On 30 Nov 2005 17:23:06 -0000, panta-admin
<anonymous@panta-rhei.dyndns.org> wrote:
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>Hi !
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>The Panta Reliable mod incorporates an automatic destination blocking
>mechanism.
>If you enable it people can block themselves from receiving email from
>your remailer.
>Its challenge-response secured and works fine here.
>
>
>This mod will not allow any From: header that is equal to a destination
>blocked address. This is so people who get their address forged can just
>request a dest-block and it will automatically also stop the forgeries as
>now the address is also blocked in the From: header.
>
>
>That should work, with the Dest-Block-blocks-From mod enabled. Please do
>test it though.
>
>
>You are, and/but you are also destination blocking him. Keep that in mind
>if you try to email him via your remailer.
>
>
Here is the response I got:
Hi!
Thank you very much for your effort. The stormy winds of the
last
200 years
history blown us Polish away from Poland quite far indeed. Your help is
greately
appreciated.
I always answer each E--mail personally.
Thank you very much,
Twisty Admnin
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