An alternative to remailer shutdowns
E. ALLEN SMITH
EALLENSMITH at ocelot.Rutgers.EDU
Wed May 22 03:14:44 PDT 1996
From: IN%"markm at voicenet.com" "Mark M." 21-MAY-1996 02:41:22.53
>One problem I see with this is that if even one remailer operated using the
>block lists instead of permit lists, then every other remailer in the chain
>could hypothetically be held accountable for the contents of the message.
>This idea of permit lists makes sense, but I am not sure it would really solve
>anything.
Well, that would depend on the traffic analysis defeating features
not working right. Admittedly, for the next-to-last or so remailer, they
may not work well enough anyway... but proof beyond a reasonable doubt would
be difficult. Civil suits unfortunately don't follow that standard (even for
the punishment done through punitive damages), but they do require some proof.
-Allen
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