This is an excellent idea... I have just massmailed an announcement to our members: Missouri FreeNet will not be be operating on 14 December. Has anyone considered creating a (web?) list of persons and organizations who have committed to this strike? People are more likely to participate when they know they are no alone... Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org -- If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... -------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Ken Williams wrote: :Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:05:58 -0500 (EST) :From: Ken Williams <jkwilli2@unity.ncsu.edu> :To: cypherpunks@toad.com :Subject: Global Strike to protest Wassenaar : :-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : : :Hi, : :"Strike to protest Wassenaar!" : :URL: http://www.zanshin.com/~bobg/ : :"This is a global call for computer professionals to strike on :Monday, 14 December, 1998 to protest the signing of the Wassenaar :Arrangement, an international treaty that imposes new restrictions :on cryptographic software technology. The strike is meant to raise :awareness about the importance of cryptography, about the U.S. :government's wrongheaded attempts to curtail its use, and about the :strong-arm tactics used by the United States to pressure other :countries into limiting their citizens' rights the way it has :limited its own." : : :Regards, : :Ken Williams : :Packet Storm Security http://www.Genocide2600.com/~tattooman/ :E.H.A.P. Head of Operations http://www.ehap.org/ ehap@ehap.org :NC State CS Dept http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/ jkwilli2@unity.ncsu.edu :PGP DSS/DH/RSA Keys http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jkwilli2/pgpkey/ : :___________________________________________________________________ :Get Your Email Sniffed and Decrypted for Free at http://www.nsa.gov : :-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- :Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use :Charset: noconv : :iQEVAwUBNm/VQJDw1ZsNz1IXAQGzygf/Zt/sP419T5dA1gY/Rru7ACtv6xWXWMUA :HDBQPFbGV8yviOIU7N2bHndWGtr+hjPcdoudoXlOwYF73/TybNSzs6J/iAF9yhSR :UmRKM+suH8FwJ90F+i36W8hCQrkhPYXEwXW4AWDEeGNKjZdRLApS/POMcnTWoTSK :iHwDsdE+AevhlcWuC1nk80AlSEVNE/B2zmbWGax12tciM2NxTc4AqtqI3BwXebVq :f/04ZC9515dR/XHGhtbmQ08sTNS9eQUG8H626XE58XtE+MOsVEJYjUQFDd9L13T2 :dlun/4+U1J9xMmN8uYlUySxKr9XmharSXLJCmpmIaE0bwDwTx7Pkpw== :=DaVN :-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- : :