Re: cypherpunks and guns
Ryan Lackey <rdl@mit.edu> # AOLserver (a nice web server formerly from GNN/navisoft) punted their # 128bit SSL module distribution *EVEN TO US CITIZENS* due to commerce # department fuckedness. Anyone know where I could get a copy? It would # really suck to have to patch the 40bit one into a 128bit version, since # they do not distribute source. I don't know if this is the "module" form of the answer you want: http://www.replay.com/ Download Netscape Communicator 4.04 with 128 bits SSL today on: ftp.replay.com Replay Associates distributes this software so you can safely conduct your E-commerce ---- Tim May wrote:
Final comment: If I find the motivation, I may finish an essay I've been working on about how we, the Cypherpunks and the World, are *retrogressing* in crypto areas. Most of the exotic applications are no longer being discussed, and various mundane commercial products are the main focus.
Yawn.
How about moving this list to encrypt its transmissions in the recipient's public keys, just to begin encrypting Net traffic? Obviously not to hide what is being said, but simply to start moving communications into the encrypted realm. That way, we'll build up the software tools for handling this, and try to get other lists to do the same. Maybe encourage all pro-crypto people to use it for all email to as many other people they talk with as possible. (Adopt two others...) Heh: a white-list to allow only encrypted messages through. Encourage Senators to set up public keys. In general, try to get the general flow of traffic encrypted, even if PGP is "mundane" these days. Solving the human factors problem of getting its use wide-spread is _not_ a mundane problem. Encryption ain't gonna be that useful if only a few in-the-know use it. ---guy
# 128bit SSL module distribution *EVEN TO US CITIZENS* due to commerce # department fuckedness. Anyone know where I could get a copy? It would # really suck to have to patch the 40bit one into a 128bit version, since # they do not distribute source. I don't know if this is the "module" form of the answer you want: http://www.replay.com/
Nope, he wants the AOL SERVER, not browser
Final comment: If I find the motivation, I may finish an essay I've been working on about how we, the Cypherpunks and the World, are *retrogressing* in crypto areas. Most of the exotic applications are no longer being discussed, and various mundane commercial products are the main focus. Yawn. How about moving this list to encrypt its transmissions in
Tim May wrote: the recipient's public keys, just to begin encrypting Net traffic?
At this point, there would be WAY too much overhead on the 3 or so servers that make up the cypherpunks mailing list. PGP encrypting every message sent thru would take up a lot of CPU time.
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