• Unobstrusive PGP Signatures in Usenet Postings via Web Mailer or Remailer

    From Stefan Claas@stefan@oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt,cypherpunks,sci.crypt on Sat Feb 14 15:17:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Hi all,

    Step 1. Write your Usenet article, including all headers,
    in nano, notepad etc.

    Step 2. Sign it with gpgsv[1]

    Step 3. Encrypt the article for mail2news@oc2mx.net with:

    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

    mDMEaY9LuxYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAHt7yNTKHC/KtVVAm36F9Qo/wxTYNrt8idrUL SOSdb3a0H21haWwybmV3cyA8bWFpbDJuZXdzQG9jMm14Lm5ldD6IlgQTFgoAPhYh BKcjiFJ+k1v+7jK8YdzFFe28xbvMBQJpj0u7AhsDBQkFo5qABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgL AgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJENzFFe28xbvMLWsA/1PNnDFBkpxC1Ajh+FSEa6GPYewW CGs0S61o7bMNFwD8AP9b/2rZJyAnkO/6EfOv8p1dKVgrixQx+3mmNFzEMY+qA7g4 BGmPS7sSCisGAQQBl1UBBQEBB0B96skxGcz05cxY41nfMCT16tLJ3q2WmBoxWTmQ S7MCdwMBCAeIfgQYFgoAJhYhBKcjiFJ+k1v+7jK8YdzFFe28xbvMBQJpj0u7AhsM BQkFo5qAAAoJENzFFe28xbvM3lMBAKkKcGYNhDW7t+nkokN/idQLuc0xcVstwcXA N7QFEw/+AQDJnK2TYYBmtCFauvMqAjsqV7vJBr+ZbES43tm8Sg+LCw==
    =sRfj
    -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

    Step 4. In your web mailer use in the To: field mail2news@oc2mx.net,
    leave the Subject: empty and copy the encrypted message in
    the message Body field of your web mailer.

    That's all! Now you have an OpenPGP signed Usenet article in your
    favorite Newsgroup posted. The advantage of this is, if you use a
    freeform OpenPGP UID for your key and a fantasy email address
    only your friends know it is you and your web mail provider does
    not see the content of your Usenet message, nor does he know to
    which Usenet group the article weent. And in case of remailer usage
    nobody knows what the exit remailer was, as my m2n does not log
    or store messages.

    Hope you like!

    [1] https:/7github.com/Ch1ffr3punk/gpgsv
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    Stefan
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  • From Stefan Claas@noreply@oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt,,sci.crypt on Sat Feb 14 15:20:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Hope you like!

    [1] https:/7github.com/Ch1ffr3punk/gpgsv


    The encrypted article was sent via Gmail.

    C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxx\Desktop>gpgsv -v < article.txt
    gpg: Signatur vom 02/14/26 16:16:01 Mitteleurop|nische Zeit
    gpg: mittels EDDSA-Schl|+ssel 47073D12C28AE16792BD27046700F651F657A27E
    gpg: Korrekte Signatur von "Stefan Claas <stefan@oc2mx.net>" [ultimativ]

    Regards
    Stefan
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  • From Stefan Claas@stefan@oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt,sci.crypt on Sat Feb 14 17:59:17 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Stefan Claas wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Hope you like!

    [1] https:/7github.com/Ch1ffr3punk/gpgsv


    The encrypted article was sent via Gmail.

    C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxx\Desktop>gpgsv -v < article.txt
    gpg: Signatur vom 02/14/26 16:16:01 Mitteleurop|nische Zeit
    gpg: mittels EDDSA-Schl|+ssel 47073D12C28AE16792BD27046700F651F657A27E
    gpg: Korrekte Signatur von "Stefan Claas <stefan@oc2mx.net>" [ultimativ]

    And this PGP signed article was sent via Tor and the Mixmaster Network.

    Chain: middleman,dizum,iria

    Because this message is signed too, we can later see from the signature
    date and the posting date the latency.

    Without PGP signing users have the ability to use for every exit remailer
    a custom From: header, which is IMHO a big bonus too.
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    Regards
    Stefan
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  • From Stefan Claas@noreply@oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt,sci.crypt on Sat Feb 14 18:05:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Because this message is signed too, we can later see from the signature
    date and the posting date the latency.

    Well, not so much latency for three hops, which is o.k. for me.

    C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxx\Desktop>gpgsv -v < article.txt
    gpg: Signatur vom 02/14/26 18:16:15 Mitteleurop|nische Zeit
    gpg: mittels EDDSA-Schl|+ssel 47073D12C28AE16792BD27046700F651F657A27E
    gpg: Korrekte Signatur von "Stefan Claas <stefan@oc2mx.net>" [ultimativ]
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  • From Stefan Claas@noreply@oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt,sci.crypt on Sun Feb 15 21:18:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Stefan Claas wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Because this message is signed too, we can later see from the signature date and the posting date the latency.

    Well, not so much latency for three hops, which is o.k. for me.

    I am thinking of that I may implement a latency pool like Mixmaster
    has, but encrypted, in the future.
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  • From Anonymous User@noreply@dirge.harmsk.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,sci.crypt on Mon Mar 2 11:40:50 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Hi all,

    Step 1. Write your Usenet article, including all headers,
    in nano, notepad etc.

    Step 2. Sign it with gpgsv[1]

    Step 3. Encrypt the article for mail2news@oc2mx.net with:

    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

    mDMEaY9LuxYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAHt7yNTKHC/KtVVAm36F9Qo/wxTYNrt8idrUL SOSdb3a0H21haWwybmV3cyA8bWFpbDJuZXdzQG9jMm14Lm5ldD6IlgQTFgoAPhYh BKcjiFJ+k1v+7jK8YdzFFe28xbvMBQJpj0u7AhsDBQkFo5qABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgL AgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJENzFFe28xbvMLWsA/1PNnDFBkpxC1Ajh+FSEa6GPYewW CGs0S61o7bMNFwD8AP9b/2rZJyAnkO/6EfOv8p1dKVgrixQx+3mmNFzEMY+qA7g4 BGmPS7sSCisGAQQBl1UBBQEBB0B96skxGcz05cxY41nfMCT16tLJ3q2WmBoxWTmQ S7MCdwMBCAeIfgQYFgoAJhYhBKcjiFJ+k1v+7jK8YdzFFe28xbvMBQJpj0u7AhsM BQkFo5qAAAoJENzFFe28xbvM3lMBAKkKcGYNhDW7t+nkokN/idQLuc0xcVstwcXA N7QFEw/+AQDJnK2TYYBmtCFauvMqAjsqV7vJBr+ZbES43tm8Sg+LCw==
    =sRfj
    -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

    Step 4. In your web mailer use in the To: field mail2news@oc2mx.net,
    leave the Subject: empty and copy the encrypted message in
    the message Body field of your web mailer.

    That's all! Now you have an OpenPGP signed Usenet article in your
    favorite Newsgroup posted. The advantage of this is, if you use a
    freeform OpenPGP UID for your key and a fantasy email address
    only your friends know it is you and your web mail provider does
    not see the content of your Usenet message, nor does he know to
    which Usenet group the article weent. And in case of remailer usage
    nobody knows what the exit remailer was, as my m2n does not log
    or store messages.

    Hope you like!

    [1] https:/7github.com/Ch1ffr3punk/gpgsv

    I don't see any explanation on how to use gpgsv-windows-amd64.exe.
    It doesn't have a CLI. Might want to put -h and --help in execution
    string.

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  • From Stefan Claas@noreply@oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,sci.crypt on Mon Mar 2 18:16:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Anonymous User wrote:
    Hi all,

    Step 1. Write your Usenet article, including all headers,
    in nano, notepad etc.

    Step 2. Sign it with gpgsv[1]

    Step 3. Encrypt the article for mail2news@oc2mx.net with:

    -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

    mDMEaY9LuxYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAHt7yNTKHC/KtVVAm36F9Qo/wxTYNrt8idrUL SOSdb3a0H21haWwybmV3cyA8bWFpbDJuZXdzQG9jMm14Lm5ldD6IlgQTFgoAPhYh BKcjiFJ+k1v+7jK8YdzFFe28xbvMBQJpj0u7AhsDBQkFo5qABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgL AgQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJENzFFe28xbvMLWsA/1PNnDFBkpxC1Ajh+FSEa6GPYewW CGs0S61o7bMNFwD8AP9b/2rZJyAnkO/6EfOv8p1dKVgrixQx+3mmNFzEMY+qA7g4 BGmPS7sSCisGAQQBl1UBBQEBB0B96skxGcz05cxY41nfMCT16tLJ3q2WmBoxWTmQ S7MCdwMBCAeIfgQYFgoAJhYhBKcjiFJ+k1v+7jK8YdzFFe28xbvMBQJpj0u7AhsM BQkFo5qAAAoJENzFFe28xbvM3lMBAKkKcGYNhDW7t+nkokN/idQLuc0xcVstwcXA N7QFEw/+AQDJnK2TYYBmtCFauvMqAjsqV7vJBr+ZbES43tm8Sg+LCw==
    =sRfj
    -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

    Step 4. In your web mailer use in the To: field mail2news@oc2mx.net,
    leave the Subject: empty and copy the encrypted message in
    the message Body field of your web mailer.

    That's all! Now you have an OpenPGP signed Usenet article in your
    favorite Newsgroup posted. The advantage of this is, if you use a
    freeform OpenPGP UID for your key and a fantasy email address
    only your friends know it is you and your web mail provider does
    not see the content of your Usenet message, nor does he know to
    which Usenet group the article weent. And in case of remailer usage
    nobody knows what the exit remailer was, as my m2n does not log
    or store messages.

    Hope you like!

    [1] https:/7github.com/Ch1ffr3punk/gpgsv

    I don't see any explanation on how to use gpgsv-windows-amd64.exe.
    It doesn't have a CLI. Might want to put -h and --help in execution
    string.


    Oh, sorry about that!

    C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxxxxx\Desktop>gpgsv
    Usenet Article GnuPG Signer/Verifier
    Usage:
    gpgsv -s < article.txt (sign with gpg)
    gpgsv -v < signed.article (verify with gpg)

    Signs only: From:, Subject:, Newsgroups: headers and message body
    Normalizes to CRLF before signing (Usenet RFC 5536/5537)
    All GPG key formats supported (RSA, DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519, ...)
    Requires GnuPG in PATH

    C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxxxxx\Desktop>gpgsv -h
    Unknown option: -h

    C:\Users\xxxxxxxxxxxxx\Desktop>
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