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Computerworld, February 12, 1996, Front page:

Stealth E-mail poses corporate security risk

By Gary H. Anthes[..] Anonymous remailers on the Internet are emerging as a threat to national and corporate security, some experts warn.

FNORD! [..]

For corporate information systems managers, stealth E-mail is especially troubling because it allows hackers to attack systems, steal trade secrets and broadcast them worldwide without leaving an audit trail for authorities to follow.

Dumpster-diving the corporate offices and mailing the results to the media doesn't leave much of an audit trail either. Perhaps a problem lies in their own security...

"Anonymous remailers have a lot of nasty potential," said Stephen T. Kent, chief scientist for security technology at

So do kitchen knives or automobiles. [..] [..]

One snowy day last month, for example, about 25% of the workforce at a defense contractor in Rockville, Md., went home after they received a bogus E-mail message dismissing them for the day. The message originated from an anonymous remailer that allowed the user to impersonate a senior company official.

Was that a remailer or simply forged mail?

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an Ohio law that required the authors of political posters and pamphlets to identify themselves. "In the case of political speach, you can't make people tell you who they are," said Patrick Sullivan, executive director of the Computer Ethics Institute in Washington.

BTW, "Docket 93-986 -- Decided April 19, 1995" from Cornell's Law site [..]

"As in the case of smallpox, yellow fever, flu epidemics, AIDS or malaria, it will take disasters before the public may accept that some forms of restrictions on the electronic freedom of speech and that privacy may be worthwhile."FNORD! [..] Do's and don'tsAhem Unethical or illegal uses of anonymous remailers:[..] - To violate copyright lawsScientology... - To encourage others to commit unethical or illegal behaviorAhem. Illegal<>Unethical... it may be very ethical to violate some laws. And then again, so what about unethical? So what if an anonymous poster advocates adultury or pilfering paperclips from your employer...

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