"Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu> wrote:
More importantly, are there are usenet-to-mail gateways?
Would there by any benefit to doing this at all over the present system? Why would someone submit a message to the remailer "bramble" via newsgroup instead of just mailing it? Unless you find an anonymous way to post to the newsgroup in the first place, your security seems to be seriously compromised. Even if everything is encrypted, you've made traffic analysis a huge amount easier. And if you are finding a way to post the a newsgroup anonymously in the first place, odds are you have some other entry point to the remailer bramble, so why make a stop on the newsgroup opening yourself up to traffic analysis?
Now that I think about it, it seems that there isn't really any reason for such a thing.
Also one very bad reason NOT to do this. Posting to a newsgroup would remove any ECPA protection that your e-mail may have had. Sure, it isn't much, but at least proven interception could discourage traffic analysis. Proving it is left as an exercise for the student. Adam -- PGP Key available on the keyservers. Encrypted E-mail welcome. Sub rosa: Confidential, secret, not for publication. -Black's Law Dictionary