There is also the problem of those (like me) who access the internet from outside, through gates. The messages are not only marked with the point of origin automatically by the originating BBS's software, but are also subject to monitoring by any number of systems operators en route to internet. When all of the headers (including passwords for the anonymous servers) are in plaintext, the entire anonymous system seems compromised. While some servers I haven't tried yet seem to be PGPed, this doesn't seem to be the case with penet.fi.
Penet.fi will be PGP:s as soon as I get PGP running reliably on the Interactive UNIX system I use. This weekend, I hope... But if you all keep coming up with other new features I have to add, I don't know how long it's going to take. And I have to upgrade the hardware as well, the load is getting so big the current server is running out of both CPU and disk. This weekend I will upgrade to a 486SX motherboard and a bigger disk.
BK> How about an EFF sponsored server?
Yes, and preferably at a site outside the US, just for good measure. There is an obvious appeal to having servers outside the jurisdiction of American law-enforcement busybodies.
Yeah, seems that (and the fact that I have 100% control not only of the site but of the network as well) is what has kept anon.penet.fi up this long... Julf