I include the article as it arrived here. _Mark_ Path: cambridge-news.cygnus.com!enterpoop.mit.edu!gatech!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!flash.pax.tpa.com.au!britt!dclunie From: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie) Newsgroups: aus.aarnet,aus.news,alt.sexual.abuse.recovery,alt.sex,alt.sex.bondage,alt.sex.motss,alt.sex.stories,talk.politics.homosexuality,alt.personals,alt.personals.bondage,alt.security.pgp,comp.security.misc,talk.politics.guns Subject: PAX Anonymous & Encrypted Service shutdown Date: 14 Jan 1993 07:39:22 GMT Organization: PAX - Public Access Unix (Adelaide,South Australia) Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1j35baINNgm@flash.pax.tpa.com.au> Reply-To: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: britt.pax.tpa.com.au Xref: cambridge-news.cygnus.com alt.sexual.abuse.recovery:1414 alt.sex:4689 alt.sex.bondage:2827 alt.sex.motss:243 alt.sex.stories:1172 alt.personals:2845 alt.personals.bondage:459 alt.security.pgp:800 comp.security.misc:657 talk.politics.guns:2223 The anonymous and encrypted mail service at PAX has been shutdown. The site that connects PAX has been told by someone from AARNet (the Australian Academic Research Network) that the service is unsuitable for AARNet, and that if it is not stopped then the feeding site will be disconnected from the net. There has been no communication from AARNet to me or anyone else at PAX, but I cannot allow the feeding site to put itself at risk hence the service is closed until further notice. I am lead to believe that this is not so much AARNet's policy, but the NSF Net's policy and the NSF have brought pressure to bear on AARNet, as they believe that all mail that crosses their network must be traceable to its origin, ipso facto no anonymous mailers. I have not been approached by either organization personally so I cannot confoirm this. I am extremely disappointed but c'est la vie. It was an interesting experiment, and proof that the concept of anonymous encrypted mail is feasible with simple tools. Hopefully someone somewhere outside the jurisdiction of these authorities will be able to continue the good work. david clunie (dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au) ex-anon.admin@pax.tpa.com.au :(