I operate a remailer pinging service which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, plus lots of interesting links to remailer-related resources, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html This information is used by premail, a remailer chaining and PGP encrypting client for outgoing mail. For more information, see: http://www.c2.org/~raph/premail.html For the PGP public keys of the remailers, finger pgpkeys@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu This is the current info: REMAILER LIST This is an automatically generated listing of remailers. The first part of the listing shows the remailers along with configuration options and special features for each of the remailers. The second part shows the 12-day history, and average latency and uptime for each remailer. You can also get this list by fingering remailer-list@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu. $remailer{"extropia"} = "<remail@miron.vip.best.com> cpunk pgp special"; $remailer{"portal"} = "<hfinney@shell.portal.com> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"alumni"} = "<hal@alumni.caltech.edu> cpunk pgp hash"; $remailer{"bsu-cs"} = "<nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> cpunk hash ksub"; $remailer{"c2"} = "<remail@c2.org> eric pgp hash reord"; $remailer{"penet"} = "<anon@anon.penet.fi> penet post"; $remailer{"hacktic"} = "<remailer@utopia.hacktic.nl> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"flame"} = "<remailer@flame.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut post reord"; $remailer{"rahul"} = "<homer@rahul.net> cpunk pgp hash filter"; $remailer{"mix"} = "<mixmaster@remail.obscura.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord ?"; $remailer{"ford"} = "<remailer@bi-node.zerberus.de> cpunk pgp hash ksub ek"; $remailer{"vishnu"} = "<mixmaster@vishnu.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord"; $remailer{"robo"} = "<robo@c2.org> cpunk hash mix"; $remailer{"replay"} = "<remailer@replay.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"spook"} = "<remailer@spook.alias.net> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{"rmadillo"} = "<remailer@armadillo.com> mix cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"ecafe"} = "<cpunk@remail.ecafe.org> cpunk mix"; $remailer{"wmono"} = "<wmono@valhalla.phoenix.net> cpunk mix pgp. hash latent cut"; $remailer{"shinobi"} = "<remailer@shinobi.alias.net> cpunk mix hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{"amnesia"} = "<amnesia@chardos.connix.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ksub"; $remailer{"gondolin"} = "<mix@remail.gondolin.org> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek reord"; $remailer{"tjava"} = "<remailer@tjava.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"pamphlet"} = "<pamphlet@idiom.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ?"; $remailer{'alpha'} = '<alias@alpha.c2.org> alpha pgp'; $remailer{'gondonym'} = '<alias@nym.gondolin.org> alpha pgp'; $remailer{'nymrod'} = '<nymrod@nym.alias.net> alpha pgp'; $remailer{'cubed'} = '<alias@alias.alias.net> alpha pgp'; $remailer{"lead"} = "<mix@zifi.genetics.utah.edu> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"treehole"} = "<remailer@mockingbird.alias.net> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"nemesis"} = "<remailer@meaning.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"exon"} = "<remailer@remailer.nl.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"vegas"} = "<remailer@vegas.gateway.com> cpunk pgp hash latent cut"; $remailer{"haystack"} = "<haystack@holy.cow.net> cpunk pgp hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"ncognito"} = "<ncognito@gate.net> mix cpunk latent"; catalyst@netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth@ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura@replay.com is _not_ a remailer. Groups of remailers sharing a machine or operator: (c2 robo alpha) (gondolin gondonym) (flame hacktic replay) (alumni portal) (vishnu spook wmono nymrod) Use "premail -getkeys pgpkeys@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu" to get PGP keys for the remailers. Fingering this address works too. Note: The remailer list now includes information for the alpha nymserver. Last update: Mon 1 Apr 96 6:48:11 PST remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ecafe cpunk@remail.ecafe.org -*#*######## :48 100.00% haystack haystack@holy.cow.net *-##+*****+* 2:09 100.00% cubed alias@alias.alias.net ***+#** 19:29 99.99% pamphlet pamphlet@idiom.com ++++++++++-+ 1:22:18 99.99% nymrod nymrod@nym.alias.net +++--*+*+--* 38:14 99.98% nemesis remailer@meaning.com **++******** 17:30 99.97% flame remailer@flame.alias.net .---.------ 5:25:05 99.97% shinobi remailer@shinobi.alias.net #*########*# 1:07 99.97% hacktic remailer@utopia.hacktic.nl ****+******* 8:11 99.97% alpha alias@alpha.c2.org ++++-++++**+ 46:53 99.92% vegas remailer@vegas.gateway.com .-*.-#*#+### 4:28:59 99.89% ncognito ncognito@gate.net #*# ##***-## 6:36 99.72% mix mixmaster@remail.obscura.com -+-___.--*-* 15:11:14 99.69% spook remailer@spook.alias.net +***+*+**+** 19:46 99.66% gondolin mix@remail.gondolin.org __.--*----- 13:53:43 99.64% gondonym alias@nym.gondolin.org __.--*--+-- 13:48:57 99.64% exon remailer@remailer.nl.com --***++**-* 13:59 99.59% replay remailer@replay.com ++**++*+**+ 8:46 99.57% vishnu mixmaster@vishnu.alias.net ++- - ***--+ 2:46:31 99.26% treehole remailer@mockingbird.alias.net --+++-- -+++ 3:47:33 98.96% amnesia amnesia@chardos.connix.com -- --+--+++ 1:57:42 98.49% portal hfinney@shell.portal.com *#-#####*## 1:30 96.59% alumni hal@alumni.caltech.edu _* #+# -### 1:08:06 96.24% penet anon@anon.penet.fi .___ -__.. 47:32:06 95.78% c2 remail@c2.org *****.+-+++ 37:24 94.43% extropia remail@miron.vip.best.com --------- 6:03:31 83.40% lead mix@zifi.genetics.utah.edu *+++++ 34:15 34.40% tjava remailer@tjava.com #* ** 1:02 25.24% History key * # response in less than 5 minutes. * * response in less than 1 hour. * + response in less than 4 hours. * - response in less than 24 hours. * . response in more than 1 day. * _ response came back too late (more than 2 days). cpunk A major class of remailers. Supports Request-Remailing-To: field. eric A variant of the cpunk style. Uses Anon-Send-To: instead. penet The third class of remailers (at least for right now). Uses X-Anon-To: in the header. pgp Remailer supports encryption with PGP. A period after the keyword means that the short name, rather than the full email address, should be used as the encryption key ID. hash Supports ## pasting, so anything can be put into the headers of outgoing messages. ksub Remailer always kills subject header, even in non-pgp mode. nsub Remailer always preserves subject header, even in pgp mode. latent Supports Matt Ghio's Latent-Time: option. cut Supports Matt Ghio's Cutmarks: option. post Post to Usenet using Post-To: or Anon-Post-To: header. ek Encrypt responses in reply blocks using Encrypt-Key: header. special Accepts only pgp encrypted messages. mix Can accept messages in Mixmaster format. reord Attempts to foil traffic analysis by reordering messages. Note: I'm relying on the word of the remailer operator here, and haven't verified the reord info myself. mon Remailer has been known to monitor contents of private email. filter Remailer has been known to filter messages based on content. If not listed in conjunction with mon, then only messages destined for public forums are subject to filtering. Raph Levien