Announcing: The First Annual Post-CFP cypherpunks meeting. The next physical meeting of cypherpunks will be March 13, 1993, at the usual time, noon, in the usual place, Cygnus Support Offices. This is one day after CFP-93, the third Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy. CFP is an increasingly important conference concerning an only slightly broader spectrum of privacy issues than are normally discussed on the cypherpunks list. At the first CFP conference I met David Chaum, who awakened a latent interest in cryptography. This awakening led indirectly to the formation of this list. There will be people from all over the country there. We have set the date of our meeting so that they could attend. We are, in fact, going to give out an open invitation there. I would urge all of you who have been considering making a trek to come to one of these meetings to do so this time. And while I do not expect Dorothy Denning to show up (although she would be welcome, if uncomfortable), I do expect some surprises. Please surprise me yourself. If you need a place to stay, ask on the list. I myself am already putting up some friends before the conference. For that matter, I would urge all of you to come to the conference itself. If you can't afford to go, just remember that while the sessions you have to pay for, the hotel bar you do not. A word to the wise is sufficient. Thank you all. Eric ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEETING Date: Saturday, 13 March 1993 Time: 12:00 noon Where: Cygnus Support Offices, Mt. View, California SCHEDULE Meeting 12-6 Dinner 7-? AGENDA We have Arthur Abraham's talk on hash functions left over from last time, which was interrupted by a photo shoot. Scott Collins intimated that he'd have more results on random numbers. With the opportunity given to have so many people there, I'd suggest that discussion of cryptographic infrastructure would be appropriate, together with a goal setting session. Please discuss this on the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS Cygnus Support 1937 Landings Drive Mt. View, CA 94043 +1 415 903 1400 switchboard +1 415 903 1418 John Gilmore Take US 101 toward Mt. View. From San Francisco, it's about a 40-minute drive. Get off at the Rengstorff Ave/Amphitheatre Parkway exit. If you were heading south on 101, you curve around to the right, cross over the freeway, and get to a stoplight. If you were heading north on 101, you just come right off the exit to the stoplight. The light is the intersection of Amphitheatre and Charleston Rd. Take a right on Charleston; there's a right-turn-only lane. Follow Charleston for a short distance. You'll pass the Metaphor/Kaleida buildings on the right. At a clump of palm trees and a "Landmark Deli" sign, take a right into Landings Drive. At the end of the road, turn left into the complex with the big concrete "Landmark" sign. Follow the road past the deli til you are in front of the clock tower that rises out of one of the buildings, facing you. Enter through the doors immediately under the clock tower. They'll be open between noon and 1PM at least. (See below if you're late.) Once inside, take the stairs up, immediately to your right. At the top of the stairs, turn right past the treetops, and we'll be in 1937 on your left. The door is marked "Cygnus". If you are late and the door under the clock tower is locked, you can walk to the deli (which will be around the building on your left, as you face the door). Go through the gate in the fence to the right of the deli, and into the back lawns between the complex and the farm behind it. Walk forward and right around the buildings until you see a satellite dish in the lawn. Go up the stairs next to the dish, which are the back stairs into the Cygnus office space. We'll prop the door (or you can bang on it if we forget). Or, you can find the guard who's wandering around the complex, who knows there's a meeting happening and will let you in. They can be beeped at 965 5250, though you'll have trouble finding a phone. Don't forget to eat first, or bring food at noon! I recommend hitting the burrito place on Rengstorff (La Costen~a) at about 11:45. To get there, when you get off 101, take Rengstorff (toward the hills) rather than Amphitheatre (toward the bay). Follow it about ten blocks until the major intersection at Middlefield Road. La Costen~a is the store on your left at the corner. You can turn left into the narrow lane behind the store, which leads to a parking lot, and enter by the front door, which faces the intersection. To get to the meeting from there, just retrace your route on Rengstorff, go straight over the freeway, and turn right at the stoplight onto Charleston; see above. See you there! John Gilmore