On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Trei, Peter wrote:
Ray Dillinger[SMTP:bear@sonic.net] wrote
I think that what we really need is some kind of NNTP-like system that distributes encrypted packets instead of cleartext ones. If you want to baffle traffic analysis, just create a system where they can't tell the difference between your emails and tons and tons of news traffic.
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You mean like the long standing and active news group alt.anonymous.messages, but different?
Yes, different. alt.anonymous.messages is simply a message mix. I'm talking about a system that would provide lots of encrypted traffic *ON THE SAME PORTS* as whatever other encrypted traffic you were sending. IOW, no one should be able to look at logs and say, "well, we can ignore that packet, it's NNTP. This other packet over here is mail, and probably the thing we're after..." In a more general statement, I guess I'm saying that encrypted traffic should not be segregated into different services - at least not so you can tell which are which without decrypting. and furthermore, even high-volume ordinary traffic - like rec.pets.cats - should be distributed by encrypted means, so you can't tell at the protocol level what's inside. Bear