Re: [Mixmaster-devel] Next steps for Mixmaster

[Tom R. <to...@ri...>]

> I have not been active on Mixmaster since I handed it off many years back,
> but would be interested in becoming active again.
> What lists should I be joining to reconnect?

Considering how low-bandwidth it is, I definitely recommend
http://librelist.com/browser/remailer/ - just send a mail to
rem...@li... and it should subscribe you.
And there's another ultra-low-bandwidth mailman list at
re...@li... - but the web interface seems to be down.
If you're willing to wade through some non-relevant emails there may
be discussion at http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
also, but that's more a general list.
And there's some people on twitter as well.

There's a few people scattered around in a lot of different areas - I
try and keep a finger on the pulse of as many of them as I can, so
I'll definitely point you towards something if I see it and I don't
think you did.

What are your thoughts about the state of remailers?  One of the
things I think is pretty important is a way to reply, to grant
pseudonymity if the author desires...  Do you think there needs to be
a Type IV remailer, designed to resist traffic analysis better, and
build in some features?  Does Mixmaster need a full code refresh, or
even a ground-up restructuring and rewrite? (It would be good to
cross-post it to rem...@li... also)

For perspective, I'm cross-posting Nick Mathewson's top 11 #mixminion issues:
11.Should be modular
10.Should use mlock and encrypted storage
9. Dummies and link padding might be workable today
8. Die, SHA1, Die!
7. IPv6 support
6. Needs a nymserver.
5. Needs a less fascist envelope format: E2E-spec is crud
4. DH-768? In 2011?? 3. The crypto should be a C library.
2. The directory protocol is a single point of failure.
1.  It's unclear to me whether anon remailers can get enough users to
provide them anonymity.


It's good to hear from you Lance, it's very encouraging to me.

-tom