Thread: Ssl email!?!!

Ok So after a sponsor somewhere told to that all ssl are owned by the LE. I started a google search and came up with this below. The sponsor also said use yahoo!! wtf and GMAIL.. instead. because all ssl emails are filtered!! Im not too sure what too think. As this guy was in the game ALONG TIME... !?! Lemme know what you guys know our think brothers. Just want to keep the brothers safe... So anyone who knows more info chime in...

Cryptome: NSA has real-time access to Hushmail servers
A frequent source 'A' sending updated NSA-Affiliated IP resources to Cryptome's Web site has reported the following new information:

"Certain privacy/full session SSL email hosting services have been purchased/changed operational control by NSA and affiliates within the past few months, through private intermediary entities."

Reportedly the following services are controlled:

Hushmail / Canada (http://www.hushmail.com/ ),
Guardster / USA (http://www.guardster.com/ ), and
SAFe-mail.net / Israel (http://www.safe-mail.net/ )

Link:
NSA Controls SSL Email Hosting Services:
http://cryptome.org/nsa-ssl-email.htm

SecuriTeam Blogs:
http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=1052

Additionally, there is more information about NSA's role on Windows security software industry provided ('further details regarding which publishers and their means of facilitation' mentioned by Cryptome post on 1st Nov, link mentioned in Bugtraq post referenced below).

Cryptome: NSA has access to Windows Mobile smartphones
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483129

Juha-Matti

A sends:

Subject: NSA-affiliated IPs/DNS as of 19 Dec 2007 05:57hrsGMT
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:40:38 -0700 (MST)
Just learned following within the past few days:
Certain privacy/full session SSL email hosting services have been purchased/changed operational control by NSA and affiliates within the past few months, through private intermediary entities.
Hushmail: now fully owned by private entity NSA affiliate; has had informal relationship with NSA for a number of years that effectively provided NSA with real time access to Hushmail's hosting servers.
Safe-mail.net: Israeli-based, ironically privately lauded by NSA and US military several years ago for its sound implementation of SendMail with SSL webmail GUI frontend. Now provides mail server info to NSA in real time.
Guardster.com (SSH/SSL proxy): NSA contractors have "bought" full access rights to Guardster servers a few days ago. Separate but related: faciliated port sniffing of hosting servers at Everyones Internet, on NSA affiliates' behalf, has been ongoing for a number of months now.
More info on industry Windows security software:
Zone Alarm, Symantec, MacAfee: All facilitate Microsoft's NSA-controlled remote admin access via IP/TCP ports 1024 through 1030; ie will allow access without security flag. Unknown whether or not software port forward routing by these same programs will defeat NSA access.
I will continue to provide more info on the above and related topics upon discovery.
Kinda scary.. but.. what do we do? lol!!

Originally Posted by maniclion

Operation Stellar Wind

Thank You G Dubya,,, especially for having Ashcroft poisoned so he couldn't have this ruled as Unconstitutional, I mean for having your buddy Jesus strike him with acute pancreatitis just in time... Now we are so much safer from those Evil Doers sending emails and texting each other....

I would rep you for this but have to spread some around first. You are 100% on the mark with this!