Penet ID allocated

Rishab Aiyer Ghosh rishab at dxm.ernet.in
Thu May 19 08:03:55 PDT 1994


whitaker at dpair.csd.sgi.com (Russell Whitaker) writes:

> I got a similar mailing from penet, for no good reason.  Anyone else seeing
> this?  Mail header shows that I was sent the message directly, with a differe
> anon id than the one Rishab was sent, which suggests to me these IDs are bein
> generated for individuals ad hoc.

Anyone who posts (without a previously allocated ID) seems to get one. The ID's
are generated ad hoc, they're penet pseudonyms. I did a who cypherpunks to 
identify the culprit, but found this:
na97762 at anon.penet.fi

As I recall, naXXX addresses are _not_ double-blinded? Maybe this used to be an
anXXX?


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