Hi
20 Sep 2001, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SH> BTW, I am always being told that it is easy for snoops to monitor
SH> people's internet communications anyway, even for those who are
SH> not highly skilled geeks.
yes
There are packet sniffers, which show every packet that passes a computer.
(this includes packets wich are only passed along)
if you do a traceroute www.yahoo.com, than every hop (every line on the
output) can easily read your traffic if it is not encrypted.
SH> Hence the need for SSL and other encryption programs for any kind of
SH> online communications of a highly private and sensitive nature.
yes
(and also PGP and other crypto tools)
SH> Information at the URL speaks of proposals under consideration to
SH> ban "uncrackable" encryption programs. I'm against it. When
SH> encryption is outlawed, then only outlaws will have encryption.
exactly.
(this is what I meant)
SH> Is there going to be a way whereby anybody can find out about the
SH> kinds of things you are seeking information about by looking at the
SH> terms you type into the search field for a search engine?
yes ...
simply snoop for the URL of the search engine
SH> I don't like being snooped upon. Just because I want to know about
SH> some bad things doesn't mean I am thinking about getting into those
SH> bad things.
exactly
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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