-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Adam Shostack writes:

The idea is a very good one, its usually called "link encryption." The idea is to make it difficult to tell when someone is using a line by filling that line with random noise that looks like encrypted data.

This gives me an idea. Imagine a server that allows you to open a low bandwidth (let's say around 100 cps, in order to reduce costs) link-encrypted telnet session with it, and provides you with a number of services, for example a link-encrypted talk session with another user. You'll need to maintain the link 24 hours a day to defend against statistical analysis, and of course you can chain a number of these servers together in a way similiar to chaining remailers. This scheme seems to provide untracibility while getting around the latency cost problem of remailers, thus allowing users to talk to each other in real time, anonymously. Wei Dai -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBLyinajl0sXKgdnV5AQHqMgQAkyA16Ai/s885L68KXFlqsLC6RFU7S8dc +ynRv/LJ1Lp6ZxyBel0sBqXixh3cJDIuZKXOHcUpfir0Wn7ifxgdoj2SvUdHOes+ af9GGZZOvo+hXhzbN/PYUI8AZLVbmqa8ighPUPdXNxA0Fq0ypMn7ZpxhzeW5gPJq mRtK2adKucQ= =alXA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- E-mail: Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com> URL: "http://www.eskimo.com/~weidai" =================== Exponential Increase of Complexity =================== --> Big Bang --> atoms --> complex macromolecules --> biological evolution --> central nervous systems --> social learning --> symbolic communication --> computers --> internetworking --> close-coupled automation --> high-bandwidth brain-to-net connections --> artificial intelligence --> distributed consciousness --> group minds --> ? ? ?