[501] in Cypherpunks
Re: WB: alt.whistleblower
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Johan Helsingius)
Sat May 22 14:07:27 1993
To: Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 93 09:25:49 PDT."
Date: Sat, 22 May 93 20:54:29 +0300
From: Johan Helsingius <julf@penet.FI>
> 1. We want all postings to be anonymous.
> 2. That every posting be anonymous requires software intervention.
> 3. The software has to sit on some machine or machines, because it
> cannot easily be put into every posting client.
> 4. Someone will own these machines.
> 5. Whoever owns them must agree with the political goals of the service
> and be willing to take some heat for it.
> 6. This excludes most machines.
> 7. Whatever mechanism the servers use to connect with the net must
> also be reasonably proof against pressure.
> 8. The link between the newsgroup posting and the anonymity server
> was to be the group moderator's address, which in this case maps
> to a piece of software ratherthan a person.
Well, Telecom Finland has now informed me that the final final final
final delivery date for my international connection is May 26... Let's
keep our fingers (and toes) crossed...
Julf
