-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Is there someplace that remailer operators routinely post information about traffic load? The reason I ask is that this issue can have a bearing on selection of remailers for chaining. Using Raph's list, one can gather an approximate feel for latency and reliability, but there is no way to know if a site is forwarding hundreds or thousands of messages a day (which would be good for traffic analysis), or just a few tens (which makes in/out analysis much easier.) Raph's list is a good 'reputation' system; however, it lacks this one bit of info which would be immensely helpful. Periodic postings of remailer frequency usage to alt.privacy.anon-server by the operators would be one way to propagate this info. Of course, I may be overlooking something basic: Would posting this info pose any kind of security weakness? I imagine not; if someone wants to get this info for traffic analysis, they just watch the remailer for a day or so. == Johnathan Corgan "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." jcorgan@scruznet.com -Isaac Asimov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBLxRlJU1Diok8GKihAQHdJgP+IlVlKRkCbZQCjr9VgEgWLt0dY2jP4s5k WcRkpBHXnFxV2nkM2zF9L/UMf1hKkfcdqZj5FuLWLUE48pPvfZuhRebMq8BBay6R 5k0PiA095561uJb6T1mIwm+Tb3x/KZ/ZCMceoe5SA2lu8b6vmh+QdS/ZOc1aFsIj rhrquyzeCZs= =yjPJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----