Mixmaster anonymous remailer

Mixmaster is a Type II anonymous remailer which sends messages in fixed-size packets and reorders them, preventing anyone watching the messages go in and out of remailers from tracing them. Mixmaster was originally written by Lance Cottrell, and is now maintained by Len Sassaman and Peter Palfrader. Current Mixmaster software can be compiled to handle Cypherpunk messages as well; they are needed as reply blocks for nym servers.

See also

• Anonymity
  • Anonymous P2P
  • Anonymous remailer
    • Cypherpunk anonymous remailer (Type I)
    • Mixminion (Type III)
  • Onion routing
    • Tor (anonymity network)
  • Pseudonymous remailer (a.k.a. nym servers)
    • Penet remailer
• Data privacy
• Traffic analysis

Further reading

• Email Security, Bruce Schneier (ISBN 0-471-05318-X)
• Computer Privacy Handbook, Andre Bacard (ISBN 1-56609-171-3)

External links

• Mixmaster homepage
• Official Mixmaster Remailer FAQ
• Mixmaster & Remailer Attacks
• Remailer FAQ
• Remailer Vulnerabilities

Howtos and Examples:

• A/I: PARANOIA REMAILER HOWTO
• Feraga.com: Howto use a Type II Anonymous Remailer
• Howto use Mixmaster from a live CD