[47060] in Cypherpunks
Re: (none)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer)
Fri Jan 12 11:56:57 1996
From: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
To: jsw@netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:31:55 -0800 (PST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <30F67AE6.76F1@netscape.com> from "Jeff Weinstein" at Jan 12, 96 07:14:46 am
> > control what information is passed out to the other end. Specifically, I'd like
> > http://anonymizer.cs.cmu.edu:8080/prog/snoop.pl to come up nearly blank.)
>
> We do not send the HTTP 'From:' header. I will look into where
> they are getting the user name and location from. There is really
> nothing I can do in the Navigator to stop them from getting your
> IP address or DNS name.
I beleive that it uses finger. If you really want to prevent
people from finding out where you're coming from, use the
anonymizer. Not at CMU? Don't worry.
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