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From: ~BD~
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:28

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FromTheRafters wrote:
> ~BD~ wrote:
>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>> [....]
>>
>>> The posting host may have put an encrypted version of clues to the
>>> user's account information in an X-Trace header which is just as, or
>>> even more accurate, than just an IP# alone.
>>
>> I'm not sure if you are aware, but Foldes did once claim that he and his
>> cohorts actually had in their possession the appropriate 'tool' to
>> decrypt the information in a header.
>
> I don't know what to think about that, on one hand there's no
> requirement to encrypt at all - so they might use weak algorithms, and
> on the other hand I don't know how the keys are handled.
>
> [...]

All I can remember is him saying that even without an IP number showing 
in a header, those with the appropriate 'decoding tool' could *still* 
determine who had posted a particular message.

You'll have to ask Foldes about that!

-- 
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for what you definitely are not." "Do unto others as you would have them
do unto you."

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