Forwarded message:

Subject: Too few cypherpunks nodes. Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 00:49:16 -0500 (CDT) From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)

As the time goes on and I see what is happening inside and outside our list, I am getting increasingly concerned about the small number of hosts in the cypherpunks network.

Practically, most of the people use only two nodes, Kent's and mine, and thanks to Jim, we have three operating ones. I do not believe that it is good enough.

If anyone has any creative idea of how to get a couple more reliable nodes, please share it.

I agree fully. I know of at least one other indipendant node that will be coming up in the near future. I am also in the process of putting in a satellite location to my current site about 30 miles east of Austin to better serve that part of the community. That site is intended among other things to host backup servers for the various services of CyberTects. Among these will be a server to run the various mailing lists in case of a primary site incident. It will currently be connected via modem but a switch to ISDN or ADSL is in the works. We also hope to kick the primary SSZ site up from ISDN to ADSL in the near future as well. I can't at this time provide even tentative go-live dates, but I will be digging a power trench there this afternoon if it quits raining, then we have to install the phones and air conditioner. Things are improving but only slowly. Jim Choate CyberTects ravage@ssz.com