The problem w/ the mix chains is being sparesly discussed on the remailer-operator list (see enclosed email below). No ETR as of 2001/03/06 for down chain: http://www.publius.net/mixmaster-list.html -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carlos Macedo Gomes _sic itur ad astra_ 1; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Computer Cryptology" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cmeclax po'u le cmevi'u ke'umri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Remailer Operators Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:11 PM Subject: Re: Garbled passthru mix key > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, cmeclax po'u le cmevi'u ke'umri wrote: > > de'i Tue, 06 Mar 2001 la cmeclax po'u le cmevi'u ke'umri cusku di'e > > > > Turing and I have been doing some tests and have found that when > > > passthru sends his key through lucifuge, austria, and > > > perhaps cyggy or randseed, the key is > > Randseed is the culprit, though cyggy should be aware that his key > > may suffer the same fate. > > To summarize, the key from passthru2 passes without problem through > afpress, dizum, farout, frog2, green, gretchen, lefarris, lsd, > shinn, steeleye, winter, and xganon. It has the middle missing when > it passes through austria, lucifuge, and randseed. > > I'm attaching at the bottom the key as lucifuge delivers it. The > "[...]" is *not* my edit, but the problem. > > In June (on or around the 25th) of last year Peter posted this > problem to APAS. At the time, though, dizum was modifying keys. > Someone then posted a code change for Mix, that exempted Mixmaster > keys from the binary detection the same way that PGP keys are > exempt. Does someone still have that code change? Can austria, > lucifuge, and randseed be patched, or should we warn middle > remailers? Those that don't send directly might want to avoid > chaining Mix keys through these remailers otherwise. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> > > iQEVAwUBOqV8VDzxF7DEd0ehAQHujQgAmBSzThaV66SB3/1z6wT0WUQezXiy/epq > FhamGnIvlXg+IIaU3uV9KkkOxU4QxEdsoZicso5OOPZYYgqt3Lh377p4ztbDKYw1 > 5laLpZucbbKRyaqQ4NsEfopJx1f4aKhH0XtVgBRbENAD6+VuvjyQ5D1YTeTzQ4Iy > YJJkjapIHbBZT+jztyCTKAj/BMObvrhri/mUc7BJXOFFrUhpgqzMwfjP5sDCBOpF > cuXc/nI3DZegG5labuUj6sckyEZR+d/Y84SR9Rxw842on32jmcDka4ryFSGvJ/Tm > jfh4kuJHY1IEfEBMtrZmw5WDp9kp8x+BmV10OXH9Ctsk5wkbZ8/1eA== > =Zzj9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > Computer > Cryptology > RSA Fingerprint = 2476BB9C15F3612778C53A87F915CA1D > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 6 15:57:50 2001 > Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 02:18:58 -0500 > From: Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mixmaster key for Passthru's 2nd incarnation > > Here is the public key for Passthru's 2nd incarnation: > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > passthru2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] c07b204924a69939651ec445fd5b2404 2.0.4b40 MC > > -----Begin Mix Key----- > c07b204924a69939651ec445fd5b2404 > 258 > AATAD7wE2XqELmZ7SHVtuPQjDOjVjhIrXpL5j5Gs > 7xEi6GXvCOS4vWyzmmZiTQjIimpBv4+PeyAAk6bm > pBRHqSyXzf4SkZAzqxpqOmBn9nTC8ML3wmFuMsZU > [...] > AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAB > -----End Mix Key----- > > > >
