I answer questions about my megabyte-long "Cyphernomicon" FAQ every few months, so I guess it's that time again. At 11:19 PM 11/16/95, Cassiel wrote:
Several fellow newbies have written me asking to share the sources I received re: where to get the uncorrupted Cypherpunk FAQ (Cyphernomicon). You can get it uncompressed-- along with a lot of other cool stuff, like the Applied Crypto book--at Pat Farrell's Web Site (thanks, Pat!)
http://www.isse.gmu.edu/~pfarrell/crypto.html
However, when I tried to summon up this 1.2 MB tome with Netscape, my computer choked. Changing the cache settings didn't seem to help, so I wound up downloading it via FTP from
ftp.netcom.com /pub/tc/tcmay
where you can also get your hands on the shorter MFAQ (Most Frequently Asked Questions).
My "Cyphernomicon" FAQ, and various shorter and compressed versions, are available, actually, in several places. The site I tell people about most often is Jonathan Rochkind's excellent HTML version at the URL: http://www.oberlin.edu/~brchkind/cyphernomicon/ I recommend that people use their browsers to read it at this URL. To those who want to download the whole thing and print it out, I have one question: "Are you on drugs?" (I have gotten complaints from people who tried to print it out and gave up after 200 pages, somehow blaming me for it being too long. Use computerized search tools!) Searching for "Cyphernomicon" with InfoSeek, Excite, Lycos, or other search tools will show numerous places it may be found. --Tim May Views here are not the views of my Internet Service Provider or Government. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."