Got a bit of an update for everyone who was interested in the utility of the Snake Oil FAQ. Tim May raised the issue that it seems likely that a usenet FAQ will only reach people sufficiently clued to look for a usenet FAQ, which probably means they're clued enough to already know what's in the FAQ. I myself had this concern, but went ahead taking everyone's input and working on it anyway. I received at least a half dozen requests from folks wanting to include it in internal memorandums, reference it in other (nontechnical) works about Internet and security issues, etc. It would seem that the message is getting out (admittedly slowly, perhaps at the rate of two a month), but I suspect that as more attention is brought to it, we'll continue to reach more people who need to see it. -matt P.S. For those of you who have tuned in late, the URL is http://www.research.megasoft.com/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html -- Matt Curtin cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com Megasoft, Inc Chief Scientist http://www.research.megasoft.com/people/cmcurtin/ I speak only for myself. Hacker Security Firewall Crypto PGP Privacy Unix Perl Java Internet Intranet