Re: Against needless options [Re: use regexp re-writes like mix (Re: Straw poll on "From:" lines) ]

[Adam Back <adam@cypherspace.org>]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 09:18:29PM -0400, Nick Mathewson wrote:
> The problem here is that when different remailers provide different
> rewriting policies, an attacker can use this fact to partition user sets
> or draw more traffic to a compromised remailer. 

I don't think this reasoning works out.  Consider: say I like to post
to USENET (and only some remailers support this).  Then I pick
whatever route I would have picked if they all support USENET, and
then I add a mail2news gateway, or news posting remailer of my choice.

From pasting does look better and allow one to more fully participate
in discussions by providing non-replyable conveniently display name
linkable persistent identities.

So a simiarly argument applies here if I like From pasting, then I do
what I would normally do and then I tack on a From pasting remailer of
my choice (even if there is only one and it is run by NSA, I am no
worse off than I was before).


From pasting to individuals is a slightly different story, but I
suspect the majority of From pasting is more interesting for
mailing-lists.  Individuals can't reply anyway.

Adam