Warning - Goodbye Ziplip

[Mudge]

I was informed on another board that Ziplip no longer masks IPs, sent myself an email from Ziplip, and voila, its true. TIME TO MOVE ON FOLKS.

[gearedup]

Yep I am not using it anymore it should strip the IP from the email if they mareket it as secure! M<aybve there is a new law where they cant do that in the US? Cyber-rights is in UK so it wouldnt apply to our laws!

[Aragorn]

I've been reading the same thing the past couple of days...I've never used ziplip...I guess I never will now. Thanks for the looking out.

Aragorn

[Mudge]

It used to use a private 10.0.0.1 etc address, not exactly strip but good enough.

[rexxer]

Fricken government and their regulations!

[TxLonghorn]

Well ain't that about a *****.

[YellowJacket]

Not if you have an IP scrambler

[Aragorn]

Originally posted by YellowJacket
Not if you have an IP scrambler

I want one...

Aragorn

[BigMikeJ]

Me too

[Mudge]

Originally posted by YellowJacket
Not if you have an IP scrambler

Uhh right, so for those of us using Linux and on an ISP that will let us use that (name one, I dare you...). You'd have to forge IP packets to do this, and for years almost any ISP worth anything will have been checking for things like this.

[PURE ADRENALINE]

Originally posted by YellowJacket
Not if you have an IP scrambler

Where do you get that bro ??

I hate to sound dumb about this but fuck it I am !!!!

Is there programs that hide your IP ?

And is it worth hidding ??

I mean it does not give your addy right ??

Fucking computers !!!

And what is a linux and ISP ?? L.O.L.

[Username]

IP scrambler to much fucking work. Use an anonymous proxy. (If you can find one)

[JohnnyB]

I guess it's no more ziplip for me either

JohnnyB

[Aragorn]

I just talked to a bro over at CJM and he's been using and sending emails without a problem yesturday...I'm confused....guess that's why I'm at hushmail though

Aragorn

[Jorta]

Originally posted by YellowJacket
Not if you have an IP scrambler

I'm going to admit ignorance here. I've never heard of an IP address scrambler. Judging from Mudge's reply are you referring to IP Masquerade (Network Address Translation)? Or just changing the IP address in an email header?

If it is NAT, that is not going to stop anyone from finding you. Eventually you need to have a globally valid IP address tacked onto that packet. That address will bring "them" to your door so to speak.

If not NAT and you forged packets and the ISP let you forward them the email exchange will never complete as return packets will not get back to your computer. ISP's don't often do reverse path address lookups (though they should) so your forged packet will make it out, but when the address is flipped, the now invalid destination address will not be forwarded.

Changing the IP address in the email header is straight forward enough, but that is something done on the server side as the ziplip example shows.

So I'm missing something. Please let me know what an IP address scrambler is if it is nothing that I have described above - I'd be interested in examining it.

Jorta