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15 October 1999
This site's host, Verio, automatically provides a snooping feature which
we didn't ask for, wasn't consulted on and find obnoxiously privacy-invasive:
our access log automatically shows what URL was visited just prior to accessing
a file here. In the case of those coming from search engines, it gives the
topics and/or keywords the visitor entered for searching. Here're samples
(addresses xxx-ed. The second is the NSA
daily bot - note its prudent use of a proxy gateway):
xxxxx - - [03/May/1999:01:17:55 -0400] "GET /bombmake.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 33094 "http://infoseek.go.com/Titles?qt=how+to+make+a+bomb&win=_search&oq=bomb+making&sv=M6&lk=noframes&col=WW&cll=0&st=10" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)"
xxxxx - - [03/May/1999:08:00:39 -0400] "GET /crypto.htm HTTP/1.0" 200 27266 "" "Mozilla/4.04 [en] (WinNT; U) via proxy gateway CERN-HTTPD/3.0 libwww/2.17"
Since we don't know who has access to our logs, and have to assume they are
many (see below), keep in mind the beneficial use of an anonymizer and
hope that the anonymizer is not compromised -- a long shot according to recent
news reports. Here's an example of a visitor who configured an anonymizer
improperly or the anonymizer <http://209.75.196.242> is faulty: the
originating address, a .gov, was listed, xxx-ed here:
xxxxx - - [15/Oct/1999:15:28:34 -0400] "GET /nsa091499.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 1420 "http://209.75.196.242/http://jya.com/crypto.htm" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows NT)"
Files
There are about 3,000 files on jya.com and cryptome.org (born June, 1999)
-- texts and related graphics -- put here since June, 1996 (another 1,500
have been axed). If access statistics interest see
ours. A directory of all files is available
via FTP: ftp://ftp.jya.com and
ftp://ftp.cryptome.org. The lists may
take a while to load. The bulk of jya.com are misdated June, 1999, when Verio,
our new ISP, transferred the lot.
Privacy Warning
We don't willfully disclose, but that's no assurance with the way the Internet
is designed for the convenience of its operators which leaves it open to
wizard intruders, greedy marketers and evil authorities. We don't know who's
snooping our site and logs with intrusive tools. We see that Verio checks
this site regularly; while its courteous sysadmins claim they do not snoop
who knows what corruption maddens under-rockers.
So we don't promise false assurances of privacy which dissolve through
negligence, duress, business deals, bribes and increasingly sophisticated
intrusive technology. We believe it's best to try to protect your privacy
with trustworthy and up-to-date armaments -- particularly with the use of
anonymizers, strongest encryption and vigilance against snooping -- and to
distrust disarming statements of privacy policy that are probably out of
date and touch. Or stay far away from an Internet seemingly purpose-built
for covert surveillance of unwary users.
Search
Searching is not available. Use a general search engine, such as
AltaVista with "jya.com" or
"cryptome.org" as one of the terms.
Comments welcome: jy@jya.com