[81104] in Cypherpunks
Re: Who "invented" remailers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Duvos)
Tue Jun 3 21:41:13 1997
From: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:58:28 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <199706040027.UAA11558@muesli.ai.mit.edu> from "Hallam-Baker" at Jun 3, 97 08:27:00 pm
Reply-To: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
Phil writes:
> I agree that the Julf mailer had big problems operations wise but I fear
> that the current mixmaster setup is a bit too unweildy for naive use.
I think the current level of remailer difficulty is just fine, thank-you.
There is nothing inherently wrong in requiring a partial clue in order to
use a remailer successfully. Services that the inbred can use too easily
generally get nuked due to excessive public attention. Mailmasher strikes
me as one recent obvious example.
For technology to have a reasonable lifetime, it must have functionality
somewhere in between impossible to use, and "click here to threaten the
life of the president."
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