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Mixmaster version 3 -- anonymous remailer software -- (C) 1999 Anonymizer Inc.
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PREVIEW VERSION --- WARNING: THIS SOFTWARE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT!
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This program consists of
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* a remailer client:
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The remailer client supports sending anonymous mail using Cypherpunk
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and Mixmaster remailers, managing pseudonyms at Newnym nym servers
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and receiving mail anonymously from Cypherpunk remailers. It supports
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OpenPGP encryption (compatible with PGP 2, PGP 5 and GnuPG).
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The client can be used with a menu-based user interface and with
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command line options.
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* a remailer:
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The remailer supports the Cypherpunk and Mixmaster message formats.
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It can be integrated with the mail delivery system of Unix-based
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computers or use the POP3 and SMTP protocols for mail transfer.
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Mixmaster includes an automated abuse-handling system.
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Please report any problems to <mix-devel@melontraffickers.com>.
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[Note: The final release of Mixmaster 3.0 will include the improved
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Mixmaster protocol version 3.]
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Installation:
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Libraries:
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Mixmaster uses the cryptographic library OpenSSL. If you want to use
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the menu-based user interface, you also need the ncurses library. If
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these libraries are not installed on your system, get them from
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ftp://mixmaster.anonymizer.com/ and extract them in the Src
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directory first.
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The Perl Compatable Regular Expressions library can be obtained from
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ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
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The zlib compression libraries can be obtained at
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To install or upgrade Mixmaster, type `./Install'.
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Mixmaster uses lists of currently operating remailers and information
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about their reliability. You can get the current remailer lists from
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http://anon.efga.org/ and http://mixmaster.shinn.net/ and via finger from
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nym.alias.net:
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pubring.asc Type 1 remailer keys
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pubring.mix Type 2 remailer keys
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rlist.txt List of reliable type 1 remailers
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mlist.txt List of reliable type 2 remailers
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type2.list List of known type 2 remailers (optional)
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If you wish to participate in the Remailer Abuse Blocklist, you will need
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to obtain the blocklist file from http://www.paracrypt.com/remailerabuse/
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and place it in your Mix directory. This may be automated with cron.
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For support for multiple RAB services, edit the file Src/config.h manually,
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and add additional block files to the existing line, such as:
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#define DESTBLOCK "dest.blk rab.blk rab2.blk rab3.blk"
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Note that only the first file should the the local block list, as it is the
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only file mix will open for writing. Most users will not need to edit
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config.h.
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Using the remailer client:
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To use the menu-based user interface, simply run `mix'. To send an
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anonymous or pseudonymous reply to a message from within your mail or
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news reader, you can pipe it to `mix'.
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The interactive mode supports sending mail, manages pseudonymous
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accounts at nym servers and contains a simple mail reading function.
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OpenPGP messages are encrypted and decrypted automatically. It can
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also decrypt messages encrypted to ordinary non-anonymous OpenPGP keys
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if you use the same passphrase for the nyms as for the OpenPGP key.
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In the non-interactive mode, Mixmaster reads a message from a file or
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from its standard input. The command line options are described in the
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manual page (mix.1).
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Mixmaster as a remailer:
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The Mixmaster remailer can be installed on any account that can
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receive mail. Non-remailer messages will be delivered as usual. If
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you have root access, you may want to create a new user (e.g.,
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`remailer') and install Mixmaster under that user id.
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The Install script provides a simple way to set up the remailer. More
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information about configuring Mixmaster can be found in the manual
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page. Typically, incoming mail is piped to "mix -RM". In a UUCP
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setting, it may be useful to use just "mix -R", and run "mix -S" once
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all messages have arrived.
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To upgrade from a Mixmaster 2.0.* remailer installation, make a
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backup of your keys and configuration files before you run Install.
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Installation problems:
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In case one of the libraries Mixmaster uses is installed incorrectly
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on your system, place the library source code (available from
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ftp://mixmaster.anonymizer.com) in the Src directory, remove the old
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Makefile, run the Install script again and answer `y' when asked
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whether to use the source code.
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The ncurses library can use termcap and terminfo databases. The
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Mixmaster Install script tries to find out whether terminfo is
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available. If you get a "Can't open display" error when starting
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the Mixmaster menu, run "./configure --enable-termcap; make lib/libncurses.a"
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in the ncurses directory.
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Security notes:
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The ciphers and the anonymizing mix-net protocol used in Mixmaster
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correspond to the state of the art (see the Security Considerations
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section of the Mixmaster Protocol specification for details). However,
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no security proofs exist for any practical cryptosystem. It is
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unlikely that their security will be broken, but there is no "perfect
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security". Software can also contain implementation errors. The
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complete Mixmaster source code is available for public review, so that
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everyone can verify what the program does, and it is unlikely that
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security related errors or secret back doors in the software would go
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unnoticed.
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No software is secure if run in an insecure environment. For that
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reason you must make sure that there is no malicious software (such as
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viruses) running on your computer. Deleted files and even passphrases
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can in many cases be read from the hard disk if an adversary has
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access to the computer. The use of disk encryption programs is
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recommended to avoid this risk.
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Anonymous messages are secure as long as at least one of the remailers
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you use in a chain is honest. You can use up to 20 remailers in a
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chain, but reliability and speed decrease with longer chains. Four is
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a reasonable number of remailers to use. Many remailer operators sign
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their keys. You should verify those signatures with OpenPGP to make
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sure that you have the actual remailer keys.
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Anonymous keys usually cannot be introduced to the OpenPGP web of
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trust without giving up anonymity. For that reason, this client will
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use any OpenPGP key found on the key ring, whether it is certified or
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not. Your key ring must not contain any invalid keys when used with
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this program.
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If you want to use a pseudonym, the client will ask you for a
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passphrase to protect the nym database. Your passphrase should be
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long, and hard to guess. Anyone who gets hold of your nym database and
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private keys and can determine the passphrase will be able to
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compromise your pseudonymous identities. Note that some operating
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systems may store your passphrase on your hard disk in clear.
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While a good client passphrase can protect your keys if someone gets
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hold of your files, the remailer passphrase offers only casual
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protection for the remailer keys. If you install a remailer, the
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remailer passphrase must be different from your private passphrases.
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Copyright:
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Mixmaster may be redistributed and modified under certain conditions.
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This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
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ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the file COPYRIGHT for
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details.
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A license is required to use the IDEA(TM) algorithm for commercial
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purposes; see the file idea.txt for details.
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Mixmaster uses the compression library zlib by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark
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Adler, the free ncurses library and the regex library by Philip Hazel.
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This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young
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(eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software developed by the
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OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.OpenSSL.org/).
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For some platforms: This product includes software developed by the
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University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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$Id: README,v 1.1 2001/10/31 08:19:53 rabbi Exp $
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