[117835] in Cypherpunks
Re: Zipping to BlackNet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Sun Sep 12 14:20:34 1999
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:01:31 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909121801.UAA04860@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
> 6. The recipient clicks on the pick-up URL and is presented with a password
> dialog box.
> 7. The recipient enters the password.
> 8. The server decrypts the attachment.
> 9. The recipient downloads the attachment.
Is this download also SSL protected?
Does ZipLip claim to be anonymous? It doesn't seem very much so.
It knows your IP address when you connect to send email, it can see
the content of your data, it knows the IP addresses of the downloaders.
Not much privacy there. At least with hushmail the service can't read
your mail (still knows the IPs tho), plus its PK based rather than
passworded.
> Combining ZipLip (or other services like it) and Freedom, we now have
> anonymous high-bandwidth content distribution. A highly useful BlackNet
> enabler.
It seem that you are really just using ZipLip as a content server.
What advantages does this have over the many free content servers
available on the net today? You are uploading to ZipLip by using
some kind of attachment. With a regular content server you would use
plain FTP. ZipLip deletes your data 24 hours after first download,
requiring you to re-upload it every day. With a regular content server
you just upload once.
The Freedom angle is good, that's where you get anonymity. Ziplip doesn't
seem to offer much into the equation.
Sounds like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
