[48250] in Cypherpunks
Re: Open NNTP servers and logging
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Peponis)
Sat Jan 27 01:40:33 1996
From: "Michael Peponis" <mianigand@unique.outlook.net>
To: stephen_albert@alpha.c2.org (Stephen Albert), cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:33:32 +0000
Reply-To: mianignad@outlook.net
On 26 Jan 96 at 21:11, Stephen Albert wrote:
> A little while back there were some very helpful posts about getting started
> wit open NNTP servers. Since my regular site runs kinda slow in the news
> department I've been having fun poking around and seeing about getting more
> current.
>
> Then it dawned on me. People keep logs. Presumably routine logging would
> point right back at my ISP, and from there it'd be not too hard to pin down me
> specifically. No, I don't think anyone is particularly *likely* to do that,
> but why take chances?
>
> So...anyone know of open NNTP servers that *don't* keep logs? Or some other
> way around the problem?
Well, as bad as the lack of anonymity may be, NNTP server logs serve a very
usefull purpose, ie finding and eliminating trolls and spammers.
Unfortunatly, I would have to go logs given the state of UseNet.
Why not just read from the open server, and post anonyomously using anonymous
remailers and News-to-Mail Gateways?
Regards,
Michael Peponis
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