A convenient way to send anonymous messages is with a form in an
HTML document. However, many of these web-based remailers are not as
secure as CYPHERPUNKS or MIXMASTER
remailers. Some may not use any remailers at all and only re-send
your message (possibly even sending your connecting IP address as well).
Real web remailers are just interfaces that send mail via existing cypherpunk and mixmaster
remailers.
The following web based remailers allow you to send email
anonymously, and often give you the ability to choose the remailers
you would like to use.
Make sure that you use a secure connection (if possible) to compose and send
this message. Unless you take precautions your message and the final
recipient will be sent unencrypted to the webserver where the remailer is based,
so anyone listening in on your connection to the server could know who and what you
are mailing. To stop this you should make sure your web browser has
128 bit SSL Encryption and connect to one of the web remailers that
uses a HTTPS connection with SSL ENCRYPTION.
Further security measures in this regard include: encrypting your
connection with SSH and your email with
PGP; not sending email from your computer
at home or work; and, always connecting to remailers via a
WEB PROXY.
Depending on the level of security that you require, you may also
want to use a remailer hosted in another country, use several
remailers to ensure that your email can't be traced (an option on the
first of the recommended remailers), and send several copies of the
message via different routes (to make sure that the at least one
message reaches its destination.)
Recommended:
Riot Anonymous Remailer
with SSL Encryption (in Italy)
Good:
Freedom Project Remailer
without SSL (in USA)
Others:
No-ID
Java-Applet Anonymous Remailer Interface
(In Australia)
Resources:
George Mason Society - Freedom Remailer code, faq and more.
The basics of anonymous remailers - Steven Levy in Wired (1993)
RCMP technical briefing paper on remailers
Yahoo listing of anonymous remailers
