At 10:59 PM -0400 10/2/00, Steve Furlong wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for setting up an anonymous remailer? I found a FAQ from a "Cypherpunks Home Page" mirror, but that's from _1993_! I assume there's more recent work out there somewhere, but I didn't see anything on Google or Packetstorm, nor mentioned in Phrack or some other zines.
Perhaps Google is blocking you, as I was able to find more recent pages, including: http://www.obscura.com/~loki/remailer/mixmaster-faq.html http://anon.efga.org/~rlist/ http://www.skuz.net/potatoware/reli/OperMan.htm (This last one is a detailed page on setting up a client.) I agree that there seem to be fewer, proportionately, articles than in the heyday of remailers, circa 1994-5. Why there are not more "How to Set Up a Remailer" current FAQs and pages is unclear. Making remailers easy to set up, especially in this era of Linux and DSL/cable modems, would seem to be a big win.
I'd like a HOWTO, suggesting software to use and how to set it up. I'm pretty clueless as to what would be needed, but I have a FreeBSD box and a DSL line with no usage restrictions. If need be I can set up another box, dedicated to this purpose. I should have the means once I get whapped with a cluestick.
I'd also like discussions of real-world problems that people have found. What kind of things cause you to think about shutting down your remailer? Technical abuse, legal difficulties, or what?
As Declan said, find the Remailer Operators list. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.