(A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups: alt.security, alt.privacy,alt.anonymous,alt.privacy.anon-server) I am pleased to announce two significant improvements to The Anonymizer (www.Anonymizer.com). First, we have fixed the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR and HTTP_VIA security holes. This was a problem for people accessing The Anonymizer though a web proxy. Second, we have introduced accounts on the Anonymizer. The poor performance of The Anonymizer (to put it lightly) has been due to our attempts to keep it from completely swamping our T1. Paid accounts on The Anonymizer bypass the slowdown mechanisms, and also provide access to anonymous news and anonymous anonymous FTP. Finally, while it has been true for some time, it is not widely known that the Anonymizer is owned and operated by Infonex. We took over management of the Anonymizer several months ago. For those not familiar with Infonex, we have been active in the privacy business for some time. We host several anonymous remailers, we offer anonymous shell accounts through our subsidiary Cyberpass (www.cyberpass.net), and I personally developed the Mixmaster anonymous remailer system. Lance Cottrell -- Lance Cottrell President, Infonex lcottrell@infonex.com http://www.infonex.com/~loki