CNN.com on Remailers

[Trei, Peter]

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> From: 	Nomen Nescio[SMTP:nobody at dizum.com]
> Sent: 	Monday, December 17, 2001 1:10 PM
> To: 	cypherpunks at lne.com
> Subject: 	RE: CNN.com on Remailers
> 
> Peter Trei writes:
> > Modulo the recent discussion of how some remailers
> > treat traffic from other known remailers differently than
> > mail from unknown addresses, remailers don't need to
> > know about each other. 
> >
> > If they don't know know about each other, and there is
> > nothing on the machines which suggest they no about
> > each other, it's difficult for a law abiding remailer operator
> > to become inadvertantly linked to a non-lawabiding one.
> 
> Did you even read the message which explained WHY remailers need to
> know about each other, and why they need to treat traffic from remailers
> different from that from unknown addresses?  Your message shows no sign
> of it.
> 
> Rather than issuing your blanket statement that remailers don't need to
> know about each other, you need to explain how to deal with the issues
> which presently require the contrary.
> 
Yes, I have read the letter - they need to treat input from known remailers
differently due to worries over spam and flooding attacks, so they treat 
other known remailers as priviliged sources of high volume traffic.

This does not invalidate my point - that such special treatment could lead
a remop into legal problems. We have two different problems, with mutually
undesirable solutions.

Peter Trei




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