A while ago, the Bay Area Cypherpunks took up a collection to help secure the future of the North American Cryptography Archive. So far, I have used part of that money to register the cryptography.org domain name and part of it to partially cover some other expenses. Since the current main host site is being freely lent to us, that donation should stretch for several years. :-) I have just changed jobs, and am working very long hours, but I still manage to get a little time here and there to maintain the crypto site. If nothing else, it provides a place for people who are concerned about possible government persecution to publish their crypto software legally. (I know that some people may differ with my interpretation of the current rules, but what do you expect from FUD mud?) Anyway, THANK YOU for your help. I am honored by your very tangible expression of appreciation for keeping a crypto site open for years. The new site is functional, now, and has a new name (http://www.cryptography.org). I know that it could use some better indexing, etc., but some of that may come in my spare time. :-) To guard against various forms of disaster (natural or human), I am encouraging others to mirror the site. (I claim no "compilation copyright" - I just want this information to be freely available.) As the regulatory climate changes, I will be watching for windows of legal opportunity (as we almost had with the Bernstein case) to tear down the "front door" to the archive and invite mirroring outside of North America. Until then, of course, most (if not all) of the data in the archive is available outside of North America. U. S. and Canadian citizens are clearly not the only ones who understand and enjoy cryptography! Note: nothing in this message should be construed as an invitation to anyone to violate any valid applicable law. ;-) Thanks again, my friends. Michael Paul Johnson mailto:mpj@ebible.org (aka mpj@csn.net) PO Box 1151 http://www.ebible.org/bible <- Holy Bible Longmont CO 80502-1151 http://www.cryptography.org <- Crypto archive USA PGP RSA key fingerprint (mpjA): 3E67 A580 0DFB D16A 6D52 D3A9 1C07 4E41 PGP DSS/DH fingerprint: 28AE B775 DD65 62C7 0717 ECDA 448F E0C7 17D7 47BB