[47071] in Cypherpunks
Re: (none) [httpd finding your identity]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Graves)
Fri Jan 12 14:39:49 1996
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 11:28:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
To: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
Cc: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601121631.IAA03887@infinity.c2.org>
On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, sameer wrote:
> > > 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.
On most UNIX machines or a Mac or PC running most common talk clients?
Worry. Not just finger, but also identd will identify you. I think Eudora
Pro has an identd option, too.
-rich
