Remailer FAQ. Details.

[catalyst-remailer at netcom.com]

I hope I can get a bit more attention to this, now that it has become more
sophisticated. Please code warriers, take a break and let the human race
know what the existing remailers are all about. I know exactly why they
don't have enough traffic; knowledge about them is still insider
knowledge. A list of remailer addresses and year-old partial info from a
request made my Tim May was all I could find. Specs needed.

I will send this to Gary Edstrom for the PGP FAQ if I don't have to spend
the rest of my life compiling it. Mail info to qwerty at netcom.com. I'm
interested in hearing from users as well as operators. 

-Nik (Xenon)

Xenon's Full Disclosure Remailer List.

Remailer  Fast?  OpLog SysLog Subj Batch RD NL CPU Phys PGP BitB ?what else?
--------- ------ ----- ------ ---- ----- -- -- --- ---- --- ---- -----------
bsu-cs    +      ?      ?/?    +    ?    ?   ?  ?   ?   23a  ?
catalyst  +      N?    SM/MQ   -    -    ?   -  PA  M   23a  -
choas     +      ?      ?/?    +    ?    ?   ?  ?   ?   -    -
cicada    ++     ?      ?/?    -    -    -   -  ?   ?   -    -
dis.org   -      ?      ?/?    -    ?    ?   ?  ?   ?   23a  ?
extropia  ?      ?      ?/?    +    ?    ?   ?  Pr? ?   23a  ?
jarthur   +/--   St    SM/MQ?  -    ?    ?   ?  Un  ?   23a  -
menudo    --     ?      ?/?    -    t1   ?   ?  ?   ?   -    ?
merde     -/--   ?      ?/?    -    ?    ?   ?  ?   ?   -    ?
penet.fi  --     St     ?/?    -    t?   24  +  Pr  H   -    -
pmantis   ++     ?      ?/?    -    ?    -   -  ?   ?   -    -
qwerty    +      C     SM/MQ   -    -    -   -  PA  M   23a  +
rosebud   ++/-   ?      ?/?    -    -    -   ?  ?   ?   23a  ?
remba       ?    ?      ?/?    ?    ?    ?   ?  ?   ?   23a  ?
shell     ++/+/- St     ?/?    -    ?    ?   ?  ?   ?   23a  -
soda      ++/-   St+?   ?/?    -    ?    ?   ?  ?   ?   -

Subj: Strips Subject header?
NL: Non-linear remailing? 123->231.
RD: Random delay added (max, in hours)?
Batch: Batched remailing? t2 means twice daily. n5 means after 5 messages.
CPU: Pr = private. PA = account on public access machine. Un = university.
Phys: Physical security of the CPU, especially at night. H/M/L.
BitB: BitBucket feature?

Fast?:
++ <5 min
+   5-10 min.
-  ~10-30 min delay
--  Pinging isn't practical due to long delays, but may be more secure.
+/- Sometimes +, sometimes -
Normal internet mail delays are common, and are not equivalent in the two
directions between any two remailers. Mail still gets through.

OpLog:
F: Full copies of all mail is archived. My large volume mailing should
   help put a stop to this.
St: Stats logs of when mail was remailed.
St+: Stats logs of when and where mail was remailed.
St-: Simple counter.
N: Operator keeps no logs.

SysLog:
SM: sendmail logs of when and where mail was exchanged. Root access.
MQ: mailqueue accessible by anyone on the site. Could make logs.

bsu-cs    nowhere at bsu-cs.bsu.edu
catalyst  catalyst at netcom.com
chaos     remailer at chaos.bsu.edu
cicada    hh at cicada.berkeley.edu
dis.org   remailer at dis.org
extropia  remail at extropia.wimsey.com
jarthur   ebrandt at jarthur.claremont.edu
menudo    nobody at Menudo.UH.EDU
merde     remailer at merde.dis.org
penet.fi  anon.penet.fi
pmantis   hh at pmantis.berkeley.edu
qwerty    qwerty at netcom.com
rosebud   elee7h5 at rosebud.ee.uh.edu
shell     hfinney at shell.portal.com
soda      hh at soda.berkeley.edu

Discontinued remailers still on some lists out there:

phantom at mead.u.washington.edu
remail at tamaix.tamu.edu
sameer at netcom.com (spelling?)
sameer at berkeley.edu (spelling?)
cdodhner at indirect.com
remailer at entropy.linet.org??
00x at uclink.berkeley.edu?
remail at tamaix.tamu.edu?
remailer at entropy.linet.org?

Background on each remailer:

bsu-cs:
Run by Chael Hall.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??

catalyst:
Run by Scott Collins.
Machine: personal dial-up account on Netcom.
Problems policy: Outgoing address blocking, with proof of ID.
         Contact catalyst at netcom.com.
Software: Customized Hal's ?
Security: Netcom keeps sendmail logs, which root at netcom.com can read.
          Any Netcom user could also compile his own sendmail logs, by
          constantly logging mail as it arrives and leaves.
Comments:
History: ??

chaos:
Run by ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security:
Comments: Finger remailer.help at chaos.bsu.edu for info using any remailer. ??
          gopher chaos.bsu.edu for a collection of info about Cypherpunks.
Comments:
History: ??

cicada:
Run by Eric Hollander.
Machine: ???
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: Tread lightly. Being "phased out".

dis.org:
Run by ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??

extropia:
Run by ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ??  Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments: Only accepts PGP remailing. ::/Encrypted:PGP header is optional.
          Privately owned, in Canada.
History: ??

jarthur:
Run by Eli Brandt.
Machine: Sequent Symmetry.
Problems policy: Destination blocking is available w/ sufficient ID.
                 Contact ebrandt at jarthur.claremont.edu.
Software: the usual, tweaked for MMDF. Hal's?
Security: jarthur keeps sendmail logs.
Comments:
History: Set up late '92.  PGP added mid-'93.

menudo:
Run by ??
Maching: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: Stores messages and sends them at midnight??
Comments:
History: ??

merde:
Run by ??
Maching: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??

penet.fi:
Run by Julf (last name?)
Machine: ?? Operator owned.
Problems policy: Account revokation. Contact ??@anon.penet.fi.
Software: custom.
Security:
Comments: By far the most popular remailer, dwarfing in a day what the
          entire Cypherpunk remailers combined carry in a month. Supports
          easy return addresses as well as non-anonymous mailing to
          someone's anonymous address (na1234... instead of an1234...).
          Your real address is kept on Julf's hard disk, but is fairly safe
          there, especially if you do not abuse your anonymity to harass
          someone. On a bad day your mail and especially Usenet posts may
          be delayed up to two days. Very reliable though. Sends error
          messages back to you for failed mail. Limited to 48K mail.
History: ??

pmantis:
Run by Eric Hollander.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: Tread lightly. Being "phased out".
Comments:
History: ??

qwerty:
Run by Xenon.
Machine: dial-up account on Netcom.
Problems policy: "What problems?". Contact qwerty at netcom.com.
Software: Hal's remailer.
Security: Netcom keeps sendmail logs, which root at netcom.com can read.
          Any Netcom user could also compile his own sendmail logs, by
          constantly logging mil as it arrives and leaves.
Comments: You must use na1234 at anon.penet.fi not an1234 at anon.penet.fi.
          Finger qwerty at netcom.com for a blurb on the remailer and updates
          on its software.
          Request-Remailing-To: /dev/null is a bit bucket.
          whitehouse.gov gets blocked and fully logged.
History: Up 2/94. Set up by Xenon who needed more remailers to use to send
         PGP info to people with, since anon.penet.fi was overloaded.

rembe:
Run by ?
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments: ??
History: ??

rosebud:
Run by Karl Barrus.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??

shell:
Run by Hal Finney.
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Contact ??
Software: Hal's Remailer.
Security: ??
Comments: whitehouse.gov blocked and fully logged.
          hal at alumni.caltech.edu forwards all mail to shell.
History: ??

soda:
Run by Eric Hollander.
Run by: ??
Machine: ??
Problems policy: ?? Blocking of addresses. Mail sent to problem causer.
                 Contact ??
Software: custom. ??
Security: ??
Comments:
History: ??

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