Internet anonymity/pseudonymity meeting invitation

[jbash-nymip-dec2000-meeting at velvet.com]

The NymIP Research Group will hold its first physical meeting on Sunday,
December 10, 2000, from 14:30 US/Pacific (22:30 UCT) to 17:00 US/Pacific
(01:00 UCT December 11), before the IETF meeting in San Diego,
California. We invite interested parties to attend, either in person or
by telephone.

The NymIP-RG is a newly formed entity dedicated to studying anonymity
and pseudonymity in Internet communication. The RG's goals are to
develop better understanding of the technology of controlled nymity, to
solve some of the unsolved problems, and eventually to bring the effort
to the point where open implementation and standardization can
begin. The NymIP-RG is part of a larger effort called the "NymIP
effort", whose goals extend through standardization, development of open
reference implementations, and eventual broad deployment. More
information is at <http://nymip.sourceforge.net>.

We expect that the NymIP-RG will apply for a charter from the IRTF, and
that future NymIP standardization work, if any, will be done in the
IETF, but these decisions have not been finalized.

This first meeting is a brief, relatively unstructured get-to-know-you
affair, designed to identify those interested and start them talking to
one another. There is no real technical program beyond an introduction
to the problem. Future meetings will presumably have more structure and
more technical content. Most of the group's work will be conducted over
e-mail, rather than in meetings.

To get the exact location and/or telephone number information, please
send e-mail to jbash-nymip-dec2000-meeting at velvet.com. Please include
information about the number of people you expect will be coming
in your party or calling in from your location, so that we can plan
resources accordingly. Early responses will help us to plan better.

If you plan to attend by telephone, please do NOT plan to have multiple
attendees using a speaker phone. Having more than one speaker phone on a
conference bridge usually leads to problems. We'd rather provide more
bridge ports than have people using speaker phones.

We apologize for the late notice, and recognize that it will be
hard for many people to attend in person. We'll try to do better in
the future.

You may have been blind-copied on this message to prevent your e-mail
address from falling into the hands of spammers. If you don't see any
lists you're on in the headers, that's probably the reason.

Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you feel may have a
serious interest in this area.

                                  -- J. Bashinski
                                     Secretary, NymIP-RG