i have added a feature to my remailer allowing a secure path to and from the remailer, for both posting (mailing) and replies. this code will be made available soon, so hopefully people will start running more of these remailers. this is excerpted from the instructions. have fun. ------- = Encrypted remail requests Like most of the traditional cypherpunks remailers, this remailer allows encrypted remail requests. To use this feature, create a file that looks like this: :: Anon-Post-To: rec.fish Subject: fillet of fish I like trout fillet... Then encrypt this file with the remailer's public key. remailer@soda.berkeley.edu's key is: -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3a mQBNAi27mNAAAAECAONCUi/9jdl0SXGhOhT4Vvgl9uOYLgbOjU5kMXEkpFQriCYC hWfNuhH8zESs9DFTMHCXUsXYrkkm/bHdhGheaHUABRO0LlRvbW15IHRoZSBUb3Vy aXN0IDxyZW1haWxlckBzb2RhLmJlcmtlbGV5LmVkdT4= =aoJM -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Then, send your message to remailer@soda, like this: To: remailer@soda Subject: this line is ignored :: Encrypted: PGP [your encrypted file here] The remailer will decrypt it and post it to the appropriate group. This feature also works with Anon-Send-To:. = Encrypted response This feature provides a level of security beyond that of almost any other remailer which is capable of response to anonymous messages. To use this feature, first choose a passphrase. This phrase will be used to encrypt messages sent back to you. The encryption will be single-key (IDEA) encryption, not PGP's normal public-private key encryption. The reason for this is that public key encryption is actually uneccessary in this use, and single-key encryption with this protocol does not require a database (such as anon.penet.fi's database mapping aliases onto addresses) increasing the security of anonymous users. To use this feature, create a file like this, where your-pass-phrase is the phrase you have selected: :: Anon-Post-To: rec.fish Subject: fillet of sole User-Key: your-pass-phrase I like it when they cook fish like this... Then, encrypt this file with the remailer's public key, and send it in as above. When a user responds to your post (or mail), his response will be encrypted with your-pass-phrase. You can read his response by saving it to a file and using PGP on it. PGP will ask you for a passphrase; enter yours, and you will see his response to your post (or mail). This feature allows both your posts, and the responses to your posts, to be securely encrypted, protecting your privacy in both directions. = Traffic Analysis This remailer is designed to ensure that mail does not go out in the order it is received in, to make it more difficult to link a sender to a recipient by looking at mail logs. This means that there will be some random delay in your mail and your postings.