GERMAN JUSTICE MINISTER CALLS FOR LIMITS TO NET ANONYMIZER

[Niels Grewe]

On 23.08.2006 at 19:09 Robert Hogan wrote:

> "If there was reasonable suspicion of a crime and if the German  
> Code of
> Criminal Procedure provided for such an approach in the case in  
> question, it
> was quite possible to register the IP addresses of computers, Mr.  
> Weichert
> observed."
>
> Umm. So it's only anonymous until they need to find out who you  
> are? Or have I
> misunderstood the point?

Unfortunately you haven't. According to the JAP (the anonymizer in  
question) FAQ [1], JAP servers can be set up to "tag" and log  
connections from certain source/destination-combinations, when  
prosecution authorities request it, but apparently resolving past  
connections ex-post is impossible. This seems to be some trade-off in  
order to comply with German legislation and not render the program  
illegal. Which brings up the question of the legal status of Tor  
servers in Germany. What would happen to a server operator forced by  
law to log individual future connections, but unable to do so, since  
Tor doesn't allow it?


Niels

[1]  http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/strafverfolgung/index_en.html
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