[49396] in Cypherpunks
Re: Telecoms Bill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Tue Feb 6 21:16:20 1996
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 21:04 EDT
From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: wlkngowl@unix.asb.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
>Encrypted/truly anonymous ftp would be nice (though some folx would
understandably have problems with truly anonymous uploads, and crypto
export restrictions in the US could be problematic legally).
I think there is already work on encrypted telnet (stel) by the CERT/IT
people.
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If a completely encrypted http method (ssl) is indeed available, a
(clunky) solution to both of the above would be a web proxy on an encrypted
server that would act like a ftp or telnet proxy. I'm not sure about the limits
of the html language for doing this (updates, et al)- it may have to be
graphics to the user and form input back, which would take a while.
-Allen
