Klendro <not@really.com> wrote:
> In reply to "Vladimir" who wrote the following:
>
> >
> > It depends on who you're seeking to avoid. People who trade group names
> > in here have many enemies.
>
> Hmmm... if we are trying to avoid people who activly tries to follow us
> then we are in theory screwed no matter what we do. If it were just bots
> who picks up names written in the clear then it would be one thing, but
> people activly trying to follow us then nothing would be 100% secure. Any
> guess who doesnt leave the poster alone in the new group because nobody
> can crack it would also be solved by the people the poster is trying to
> avoid.
>
> The most secure (but still far from 100%) method I can think of would be
> to post the adresse on a different platform than usenet. For instance
> could the adress to the new group be posted as a password protected rar
> archive containing a textfile with just the line "a.b.something". This
> could be posted on a webposting site where it would be taken offline
> after x-days or when the poster wants. On a different webpublishing site
> the poster would publish a text file contaning just one word, the
> password. There would be no connection between the ones so no chance for
> people to stumble upon them by chance. And then the poster would publish
> the adress to the two files in this group. And after a limited time the
> two files with the pw and adress goes offline and the link between old
> and new group ceases to exist. A variant of this would be having .jpg
> files containing the password and adress instead of textfiles but keep
> the procedure of seperating them.
>
> The problem with this is that if the person(s) the poster is trying to
> avoide is activly mointoring the site then they will discover the links
> before they time out as well. So it's a chance game. Keep the window of
> oppertunity too large and you not only allow all access to all the ones
> you want but also the ones you dont want. Keep the window of oppertunity
> too small and you end up keeping out the ones you dont want but also
> those you do want. Never 100% safe but it should reduce the risk.
or you can all learn PGP,swap keys,get yardbird to tell you all about it,
then dont be surprised when you get v&nned,nothing is safe anymore.Get
behind as many proxies as you can.
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G.G.Allyn lives
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