Crypto & hacker sites are reliably detoured for me and other users.
I've been keeping a personal database of the "detours" so far for
this type of site. Examples:
URl Date Detoured to
http://www.alphatrust.com 26-Jul-00 Beltsville or Middletown
http://www.digsigtrust.com 26-Jul-00 Beltsville or Middletown
http://www.lopht.com 26-Jul-00 (unknown)
http://www.pgp.com 26-Jul-00 Beltsville MD
http://www.verisign.com 26-Jul-00 Beltsville or Fairfax
http://www.2600.com 26-Jul-00 Beltsville
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I personally am not visibly detoured when I visit political
sites, "right" or "left", even militia-related or stridently
radical, or most other types of sites... only the crypto and
hacker sites, just about. On the other hand, a controversial
friend has found he's detoured in ALL his web browsing, including
to innocuous sites like msn.com.
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http://www.lippogroup.com is detoured to Beltsville! :-))
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Our testing so-far indicates that detouring is NOT be performed
for those connected by ISPs who assign IP addresses randomly at
log-on out a large pool of available addresses. Detouring is not
seen when browsing is initiated via a fixed intermediary like
http://www.anonymizer.com or via VisualRoute's web-based demo
service. Detouring is also not seen for browsing initiated from
within at least some large companies. My controversial friend,
by the way, has a static IP address.
((But even a dynamic IP address is not a cloak. Many
ISPs--especially the free ones--perform their own databasing of
your web browsing behavior, regardlessof the type of IP
addressing they perform. And utilities such as provided by
http://www.dyndns.com and http://www.tzo.com/ can automatically
register random-address'd machine at log-on, bringing all the
benefits (and trackability) of a static address, whether the user
knows it or not.))
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Thoughts:
o The above behavior is consistent with a system aimed at (1)
identifying users of "suspicious" tools, (2) paying closer
attention to those with especially interesting profiles, while
(3) operating in a manner which maximizes efficiency. Users
assigned dynamic IP addresses from a large pool or shielded
behind an intermediary are difficult to identify, so why bother.
Similarly, users behind a corporate veil may be of little
interest.
o My research into traceroute routines suggests it would not be a
huge challenge to set up a sniffer mechanism in a way that is
fully cloaked. Which begs the question of why this sniffing--if
that's what we're seeing (he said, tinfoil chapeau cocked
jauntily)--is detectable. Easy answer: maybe it's supposed to be.
"Let the Bad Guys know we're on to them..." Flip side: there
might well be sniffing going on that can't be detected because
it's NOT desired that we know.
o There are some skeptics--very valuable to the discussion!--who
believe there must be a technical explanation. Several have been
proposed, centering on possible Internet node configuration
issues. The difficulty is explaining why the crypto and hacker
sites have such a high incidence of "detours", including the
biggest legitimate corporate players in the field as well as some
lesser-known and even homegrown ones. I am now looking into
whether it might be desirable--and possible--from the standpoint
of the operator of such a site to misconfigure something to that
end.
o Anyone wanting more screen shots is welcome to them; take it to
private email. They all look pretty much like
http://members.aol.com/flameme/ketchup.jpg ...
o Again, we are talking about a sort of monitoring which differs
from what's been revealed or conjectured about "echelon" or
"carnivore". Those regard inspection of emails. This has to do
with tracking your movements online. As a treat for those of you
who have read this far, check out
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB23/12-01.htm ...you'll
find me slouched weeping in the nearest bar...
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