December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Info please!
by nobody＠wazoo.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: alt.cypherpunks lives! was Re: New group
by Arley Carter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Robert A. Hettinga wrote: > It seems this alt.cypherpunks thing was a lot easier than it looks. > > Either that, or I have a clueful newsadmin. :-) > The only clueful newsadmins are ex-newsadmins. :-) Cheers: -arc Arley Carter Tradewinds Technologies, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC USA email: ac(a)twinds.com www: http://www.twinds.com

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Re: whois cypherpunks.org ?
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On the Ft. Meade addresses for two of the cpunk domains, was there not a humorous explanation for this posted a couple of years back? Dimly remembered: there's a town of Ft. Meade as well as The Mad Fort itself, or something like that, and that a mail drop would be handy for swapping useless bits of bs-buffer overflow. If this is now classified, hit D, Degausse and deodorize your Farradage!

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Re: Recommendation: Creation of "alt.cypherpunks"
by E. Allen Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: IN%"shamrock(a)netcom.com" "Lucky Green" 12-FEB-1997 04:22:39.31 >Everybody with a web browser has access to alt newsgroups via >http://www.dejanews.com/ A: not all alt newsgroups B: not in an anonymous fashion (the anonymizer blocks from requesting files from dejanews) As someone not currently on USENET, I'd request that _somebody_ put up a bi-directional gateway; I'll put in a request to list-managers(a)greatcircle.com for advice & suggestions, and will suggest that it get cc'd to cypherpunks(a)toad.com. -Allen

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alt.cypherpunks is born.
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi all, I crossposted the first post to the usenet group to here but just to make sure you all get the message I have created alt.cypherpunks. Even if it is only a temporary measure it will be a forum from which we can establish something better. Fuck you John, we should have done this a long time ago. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: Need a good bi-directional mail-news gateway
by Jonathan M. Bresler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Hi. The cypherpunks list is going through some major rearrangements, >and it appears that we need a bi-directional mail-news gateway for the new >group alt.cypherpunks and for whatever list(s) come out of the clouds of dust. >(The list(s) in question may be done in a distributed fashion across many >different machines, to lessen volume (1000+ subscribers, 100+ messages a day), >crash vulnerablity, and other problems.) Anybody have experience in running >a _really_ high-volume mail-news gateway (or in running distributed lists)? >Please cc: any replies to cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Thanks, > -Allen your expected mail volume is 100,000+ messages a day? i run lists that do 200,000+ routinely. recent peak of 350,000 messages does that meet your needs? jmb

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Need a good bi-directional mail-news gateway
by E. Allen Smith 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi. The cypherpunks list is going through some major rearrangements, and it appears that we need a bi-directional mail-news gateway for the new group alt.cypherpunks and for whatever list(s) come out of the clouds of dust. (The list(s) in question may be done in a distributed fashion across many different machines, to lessen volume (1000+ subscribers, 100+ messages a day), crash vulnerablity, and other problems.) Anybody have experience in running a _really_ high-volume mail-news gateway (or in running distributed lists)? Please cc: any replies to cypherpunks(a)toad.com. Thanks, -Allen

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Cypherpunks Mailing List
by Sean Roach 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Mr. Gilmore I know that this list has become something of a dead albatross with you, but I was wondering if you would be willing to do the whole of us another favor. As you have stated that this list will no longer reside on your machine any longer. And as several people have put forward thier own machines upon which to host this forum in the future. And as there are people who, though not currently subscribed, know about the list and may wish to subscribe to the list in the future. Could you please maintain at least the semblence of a list on your machine. Not the actual list, but a pointer triggered by a post or majordomo request concerning cypherpunks. In this way, persons not currently subscribed but knowledgeable about the list can find it in the future. Such a system should be easy to set up, given that you probably already have autoresponder bots in your hard drive, and would be a great service. Would you please rig such a system after your deadline in place of the list to point to which ever system currently has the most alternate traffic? This would only need to be an interim measure as after a reasonably short length of time people would get the idea that the list has moved. Thank you for entertaining this request.

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Re: Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:22 EDT > From: "E. Allen Smith" <EALLENSMITH(a)ocelot.rutgers.edu> > Umm... because you'll eventually accumulate _lots_ of addresses > that don't work, which will slow things down tremendously in sending > mail out? The current subscription is between 1,000 and 2,000 I don't think that is _lots_. All we need to do is count the number of bounces per address in a given period, the SSZ end is trying to decide between weekly or monthly cleanings, and then clear that address. At no point would I need to archive the original bounce. > >I can verify this. If I was not already having to deal with these problem > >as a current mailing list operator I certainly would not take on the > >job. It is one of the reasons I STRONGLY suggest anyone serious about this > >should use the resources to make money as well. Anyone capable of setting up > >and operating such a remailer system is at least capable of basic skills. > > Well, loki(a)cyberpass.net has made the offer to host the entire > list... and Lance is certainly making money at it. While this would have > some problems in comparison with the distributed list idea (namely more of > a choke point), it would decidedly help. I certainly hope they get a cpunks address made available. I will certainly subscribe cpunks@ssz so that the distributed remailer will benefit from that input. However, one of the major realizations is that as long as one anything is involved in the list it is capable of being shutdown at any time with no warning. It also makes it much easier to compromise. I would like to see servers in several countries myself. > >Is anyone interested in acting as a mail-to-news gateway? Want to volunteer? Jim Choate CyberTects ravage(a)ssz.com

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House Science Subcommittee...
by Lile Elam 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi folks, I am looking for more info on the ongoing House Science subcommittee which is about computer technology and national security. I heard they have folks talking about encryption and why it's important to use technology and not legislation to protect people's privacy... Theres a short article in the nando.net paper today about this committee at URL: http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/info/021197/info5_430.html Dan Farmer talked yesterday... thanks, -lile

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