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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:51:28 +0100, Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Russell Howe spake:
>> Your best bet for anonymity is to run some kind of non-logging proxy,
>> which renders pages as images, so that if the user requests
>> news.google.com, they don't get HTML, they get an image which they can
>> read just fine, but which:
>>
>> a) Isn't trawlable by packet sniffers
>> b) Looks like any other image on a webpage
>> c) Looks like normal HTTP traffic (since it is)
>> d) Has an imagemap or somesuch which allows links to be clicked on.
>>
>> However, I don't know of any software which can do this, much less do
>> it well. Shouldn't be *that* hard to do with mozilla and maybe a way
>> of controlling the X cursor by HTTP requests :)
>
> I think a proxy pair (one on the net-cafe, one on the remote site) which
> do steganographic hiding might be more effective. Turn images off to
> keep the bandwidth down, and you're home free (if you want to be really
> paranoid, make the steganographic unit entire sentences or paragraphs
> from Chinese Communist Party propaganda or something. ;} )
>

Steganography is too weak.

As it stands we are talking about a security protocol that, if breached,  
could mean the difference between life and death for the receiver.

I really don't think any of us are capable of taking on that  
responsibility. Let's face it - we are not the people to be implementing a  
solution to China's access problems. This needs a concerted effort in  
diplomatic circles, and there is a reason that that effort has not yet  
been made.

It really helps if you don't upset more than one government at a time.

Still - if anyone has any half-sane ideas, I'm open to suggestions.
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