New remailer up

Stephen Williams sdw at meaddata.com
Fri Feb 4 07:09:50 PST 1994


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> > Julf's anon.penet.fi remailer is serious; he's done a lot of work
> > to get a private machine, payng for a reasonably expensive
> > 64kbps line himself, and has it located somewhere that only 3 people know.
> 
> How can this be?  What about the people who operate his connection point
> to the net?  Wouldn't they know where his machine is located?  What is
> the physical embodiment of his 64kbps line?  Can't that line be traced
> to its terminus?

That started me down an interesting line of thought...

You can get spread spectrum radio/data modems that do 256Kbits/sec
(Cylink) and can go up to 30 Miles.  It is unlicensed in the US
because it is limited to .8watts (I think).  I believe 10 miles is the
limit with an omnidirectional antenna.  Spread spectrum should be
pretty hard to triangulate on.  Remember that the technology came from
unjammable military radios.

I think you'd have to have a fairly sophisticated scanner to even pick
it up.

Using a creative arrangement, this could provide a good cover for
physical location.  (If you could get the server in the back of a city
bus or something...)

> 	John E. Kreznar		| Relations among people to be by
> 	jkreznar at ininx.com	| mutual consent, or not at all.

sdw
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