From: "David E. Smith" <dsmith@midwest.net> Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 17:31:23 -0600
Actually, there's an Idea. Set up a single address; use added headers in the style of:
:: Remailers-To-Chain: 7 Remailers-To-Avoid: remailer@nsa.gov Final-Destination: tcmay@got.net
David, This will not work. The original sender must pick the path himself, if maximum encryption to hide the final destination is to be used. The properly used cypherpunks-style remailer network provides that as long as even one remailer in the chain is trustworthy, your secret is safe. Under your scheme, if the first remailer is untrustworthy, everything is blown. This is because unless the original sender pick's the path (or at least the last hop explicitly), the final destination and message must be available to each hop. Loren