Anonymous usenet posting?
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: MultiForce
Anyone who can point me in the right direction to post anonymously on usenet. I found some articles describing it with running a local usenet server etc. but that was articles from around 2000 etc. and the programs/servers used is not alive anymore.
I don't care much about the IP address beeing shown but I don't want to post everything on my account @ Giganews. I don't think Giganews gives any info without a court order but still.....
Posted by: Beck38
Every news-server operation in the U.S.A. logs all postings by IP address, and keeps those logs for at least 30 days.
Virtually all do keep such information from their 'outgoing' feed to other servers, so if one posted on GN, then looked at the result from, say, Newshosting, there isn't any info that points at you. BUT. GN has that information....
One can get a posting account on a server that sells 'block' accounts (i.e., 5GB for $5, ect.), and never use that account to d/l, therefore the account will stay 'active' for posting essentially forever. The 'trick' is to pay the lousy $5 in a way that isn't traceable back to you. If you are on a dynamic IP address you can change at will (most consumer DSL and Cable are), that's another 'tool' you can use.
A lot depends on just how jumpy you are; of course, the Cableco's are generally MUCH more attuned to watching their traffic, as upstream traffic bandwidth is at a premium, compared to DSL.
As far as 'court orders', just remember NO company is going to refuse 'suggestions' they turn over any information, these days. I had to tell the FBI to go jump in the lake a couple of times in the 70's, and when they thought they could 'lean' on me, a Federal Judge put a 'nice' statement in their personel folder (i.e., they could forget about that promotion to SAIC they were expecting).
But with all the focus on the Peer systems....
Posted by: MultiForce
Thank for the tip on block accounts. I'm going to move soon and will get a better chance to upload stuff @ 10Mbps+ so I want to have some alternatives.