[AktiviX-discuss] fwd - activix email lists queries

[Alan Dawson]

Quoting Max Gastone <banangling at yahoo.com>:

> from info at activistsecurity.org
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am interesting in approaching the ActiviX people if
> they would be interested in hosting a list for
> discussing security issues for activists to go with
> www.activistsecurity.org - can you pass this email on
> to them?
> 

I don't think there'll be any issues there.. just needs a name.

> We are particular concerned about people being able to
> be anonymous on the list for security reasons - what
> are the settings on the ActiviX lists and is this
> option possible. 

Its a standard mailman installation.  A list admin can customise those settings
how they like.

There is this setting that may be of relevance


Hide the sender of a message, replacing it with the list address (Removes From,
Sender and Reply-To fields)
(Edit anonymous_list)

> .. People are not going to ask or reply
> on issues involving covert action or personal issues
> if who is doing so is going to be available to every
> security service in the world? Is there a mechanism to
> do this where preset pseudonyms are associated to
> email addresses instead for the public archives, or
> something similar - suggesting that people set up free
> webmail accounts and use only internet cafes is not a
> practical solution, especially as we'll be wanting to
> educate people about security not scaring them away.
> 

I've started reading about this.  I have found one project that looks 'current'
so far.
http://www.mixminion.net/

I'm gonna print the papers off and start reading them, don't let that stop
anybody else.




> What about having the archives closed? And what about
> IP addresses - can they all be removed from the
> records?
> 

Archives closed is up to a list admin.   Ip addresses are available in the email
headers i guess, an anonymous remailer would perhaps fix that.  This is an
interesting request and certainly nontrivial for me.

There is still steady - though slow - progress being made on the building of a
new server to replace the existing aktivix one, with a build coloured by the
recent indymedia server events.  This is something else to through into the
mix


AED
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