Cypherpunk anonymous remailer
A cypherpunk anonymous remailer is a Type I that takes messages encrypted with or , or in some cases in plain text, and forwards them removing any identifying information from the header.
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Sending a Cypherpunk Message
Step 1: Retrieving the remailer’s Public Key.
- Generally you can get a Cypherpunk remailer’s public key by sending an email message with the subject “remailer-key” to the server you wish to use.
Step 2: Import remailer’s public keys into or .
Step 3: Compose Message
- Compose the message in your favorite text editor, using the following template:
<pre>:: Anon-To: <Recipient Email Address>
Subject: <Subject>
<Message Text> </pre>
Step 4: Encrypt Message
- Use or to encrypt the message that you just composed using the remailer’s public key.
Step 5: Send Encrypted Message to Remailer
- Prepare an email to send to the Cypherpunk remailer using the following template:
<pre>
Encrypted: PGP
BEGIN PGP MESSAGE—–
<place encrypted output here>
END PGP MESSAGE—–
</pre>
- Then send it.
Notes
- The extra headers are called ‘pseudoheaders’ because they do not appear in the RFC 822 headers specification for email.
- Messages to Cypherpunk remailers may be layered so they route through several different Cypherpunk remailers to decrease the odds of anyone determining who the sender is.
- Some Cypherpunk remailers are also Mixmaster anonymous remailers and can split long Cypherpunk messages into Mixmaster packets and send them to the next remailer, if it also understands Mixmaster.
- Many Cypherpunk remailer users will repeat steps 1-4 to wrap their message in additional layers to route it through several remailers for additional privacy and security.
See Also on BitcoinWiki
- Anonymity
- Anonymous P2P
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- Mixmaster anonymous remailer (Type II)
- Mixminion (Type III)
- Onion routing
- Pseudonymous remailer (a.k.a. nym servers)
Howtos and Examples
- About.com: Send Email Anonymously — Chaining Remailers with PGP
- Feraga.com: Howto use a Type I Anonymous Remailer (link not active 12 May 2010, see archive version)
Further reading
- Email Security, Bruce Schneier ()
- Computer Privacy Handbook, Andre Bacard ()