Enzo Michelangeli writes:
In any case, before Perry (rightly) send us stern reminders of the scarce crypto relevance of this thread, let's take it out of Cypherpunks and, if someone is interested, let's continue by e-mail.
Perry is again narrowly defining allowable speech on Cypherpunks. Encryption becomes a trivial topic if its best medium is taken by the States. Perry is still in his "only encryption algorithms in C is a proper topic for Cypherpunks" mode. This is a direction that if followed would take the vitality and relevance out of the Cypherpunks list. Perry does a disservice for Cypherpunks. Since when did Cypherpunks become the mailing list fit for Perry? Perry makes a big deal out of "nobody speaks for Perry" yet on Cypherpunks he has decided that he sets the parameters for allowed speech. When did Perry come to own the list? Where did he get this "authority" to tell other Cypherpunks to shut up? As Perry often presumptiously and rudely reminds C'punks that their speech is not tolerable, we must also take the time and trouble to occasionally tell Perry to shove his opinions up his ass. Gary Jeffers