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Making a new nym at mixnym.net

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Kulin Remailer

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Jan 18, 2012, 2:48:31 AM1/18/12
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Hello. This appears to be the right place to ask, but let me know
if I should inquire in a different group. I want to create a nym,
and it looks like "mixnym.net" would be the easiest option
available right now. Is the current procedure to send the
following information for the desired settings in the body of the
first email to get it configured? And should I send it all to
con...@mixnym.net, encrypted to the nym server's key and signed
with the key of my new nym? Thanks.


Symmetric: <password for outer symmetric encryption>
Subject: <password for hsub>
hsub: yes
From: myny...@mixnym.net

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

ULC6y74f0Fihy9iwxDOWO7m/iCKLgZrBasnSw2xTcEMc0vr0
GBMkrnGa2gbD7fzEOYVfBPh8M0zVNlTJIwDG+Q==
etc, etc....

-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----



Zax

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Jan 18, 2012, 4:10:37 AM1/18/12
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On 18 Jan 2012 07:48:31 -0000, Kulin Remailer wrote in
Message-Id: <MEOO4OCS4092...@reece.net.au>:

> Symmetric: <password for outer symmetric encryption>
> Subject: <password for hsub>
> hsub: yes
> From: myny...@mixnym.net
>
> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
>
> ULC6y74f0Fihy9iwxDOWO7m/iCKLgZrBasnSw2xTcEMc0vr0
> GBMkrnGa2gbD7fzEOYVfBPh8M0zVNlTJIwDG+Q==
> etc, etc....
>
> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Drop the Subject & From headers and put the secret in hsub. E.g.:-

Symmetric: encryptionpassword
Hsub: sharedsecretpassword

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

ULC6y74f0Fihy9iwxDOWO7m/iCKLgZrBasnSw2xTcEMc0vr0
GBMkrnGa2gbD7fzEOYVfBPh8M0zVNlTJIwDG+Q==
etc, etc....
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----


The Nym's email address is extracted from the Public Key. Encrypt the
message for con...@mixnym.net and send it to that address. You will
receive a confirmation message in alt.anonymous.messages.

--
pub 1024D/8ED57743 2003-07-08 Bananasplit Operator
Key fingerprint = 796F 67E0 E890 A0BB BDAE EBB4 94A6 7A09 8ED5 7743
uid Admin <admin.mixmin.net>

Nomen Nescio

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Jan 18, 2012, 8:34:45 AM1/18/12
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> Drop the Subject & From headers and put the secret in hsub. E.g.:-

> Symmetric: encryptionpassword
> Hsub: sharedsecretpassword

Zax, is this not missleading (sharedsecretpassword)? The hsub
isn't really shared, is it?

Zax

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Jan 18, 2012, 9:21:46 AM1/18/12
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512

On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:34:45 +0100 (CET), Nomen Nescio wrote in
Message-Id: <016676f751fa167c...@dizum.com>:

> Zax, is this not missleading (sharedsecretpassword)? The hsub
> isn't really shared, is it?
It's shared between you and the Nymserver. The same phrase is used to
generate the hsub as is used to validate it.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEAREKAAYFAk8W1XoACgkQlKZ6CY7Vd0NHdQCdF7M7Sk1jhTVUAwXEspufBr0D
bp8AnjWP2K+Vr2qO4/6Yi3U7kxTl5PWv
=9kaI
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nomen Nescio

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Jan 18, 2012, 10:05:13 AM1/18/12
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> Hello. This appears to be the right place to ask, but let me know
> if I should inquire in a different group. I want to create a nym,
> and it looks like "mixnym.net" would be the easiest option
> available right now. Is the current procedure to send the
> following information for the desired settings in the body of the
> first email to get it configured? And should I send it all to
> con...@mixnym.net, encrypted to the nym server's key and signed
> with the key of my new nym? Thanks.


> Symmetric: <password for outer symmetric encryption>
> Subject: <password for hsub>
> hsub: yes
> From: myny...@mixnym.net

The parameters for mixnym.net are the following:

Symmetric: passphrase //Add a layer of symmetric encryption (not
recommended).
//Define a plain-text subject (used if no
hsub defined)
Subject: hard subject //Define hard subject - do not use 'Hsub:'
Hsub: passphrase //Define your hsub secret subject
DELETE: yes //Delete a Nym (specify "yes" as the
option's value)

Any of the below can be used to set inplace of Hsub: passphrase
above:
hash-subject: passphrase
subject-password: passphrase
hash-key: passphrase
hsub: passphrase

I suggest that you do not use 'Symmetric: passphrase'. If you
do, some (if not all) of the free hsub programs and routines will
not be able to automatically find your messages.

Just to clear up something you asked, you encrypt your key with
the parameters you want to con...@mixnym.net, but you don't sign.
It not hurt to sign anyway, but it is not necessary. After you set
up the nym, then you encrypt your messages with the se...@mixnym.net
key and sign the message with your key.

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