Top Document: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 4/8]: Remailer Details Previous Document: [FAQ 4.3] What is chaining? And what is a middleman? Next Document: [FAQ 4.5] Can't the last remailer's remop read my message? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Well, yes. He knows as much about you as can be revealed from your email headers, i.e. the original source of the message. But if your message is chained (as described above) to another remailer AND ENCRYPTED with that remailer's key, then the first remailer (and anyone snooping his traffic) cannot read your message. All they will see is an encrypted message (with no subject line) that is heading to some other remailer. Since your message must enter the remailer network somewhere, that first remailer operator can always know where the message is really coming from. It is for this reason that chained messages should always be encrypted and not sent in the clear through remailers that will accept clear text messages (Noisebox Remailer or Xganon for example). There is absolutely no security in sending an unencrypted chained remailer message. Using remailers without encryption (whether it's PGP or Mixmaster) is like a police officer choosing to leave his bullet-proof vest at home in his closet! User Contributions:Top Document: APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 4/8]: Remailer Details Previous Document: [FAQ 4.3] What is chaining? And what is a middleman? Next Document: [FAQ 4.5] Can't the last remailer's remop read my message? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Part8 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: turing+apas-user-faq@eskimo.com (Computer Cryptology)
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