[42818] in Cypherpunks
Re: alt.anonymous.messages considered harmful
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Futplex)
Fri Nov 3 15:32:12 1995
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 15:22:55 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
From: futplex@pseudonym.com (Futplex)
> >Specifically, if HTTP transactions with
> >a popular web server were routinely encrypted, then all reasonably long
> >visits to that site would act as cover traffic for a message pool on that
> >server.
>
> Qua? The "length" of the visit is just the time to download a document.
> Leaving a page in the browser window doesn't generate traffic...
You're absolutely right. I wasn't thinking sensibly about HTTP. I wanted to
make an argument about the time it would take to search the pool and serve a
results page. But upon reflection, I don't think that even holds up under my
HTTP delusions of yesterday, let alone a realistic view. Please ignore the
"reasonably long" part of my previous statement. Thanks for pointing that out.
-Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
