Seattle cypherpunks group

[Alan Olsen]

Ah yes... "Land of the Freeh" and all that.

Not that I have any time to set up meetings.  Work is a bit more important
these days.

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> Why not ask IRS Agent Jeff Gordon to be your guest speaker? The Feds
> are certain to have someone in attendance.
> 
> During today's opening remarks by the prosecution (took almost an hour),
> we learned that the Feds had an agent who infiltrated Bell's common
> law court and was far more active than Bell, voting to convict Janet
> Reno in absentia etc. The same guy also appeared to infiltrate the
> Libertarian Party of Washington state. Cypherpunks and AP play a key
> role of the government's case, with Tim May and Eric Hughes being
> mentioned, and this is just Day One.
> 
> Don't mean to tease, more on this after I finish my writeup.
> 
> -Declan
> 
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 01:52:39PM -0700, Alan Olsen wrote:
> > There used to be a Seattle Cypherpunks list, but I have not seen traffic
> > on it in years.
> > 
> > I need to get the Portland group going again. Got kind of burned out being
> > the only one actually doing anything to organize meetings and the like...
> > (As well as having damn little time.)
> > 
> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
> > 
> > > From: codehead at ix.netcom.com
> > > To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt at coil.com>
> > > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 02:18:37 -0700
> > > Subject: Seattle cypherpunks group
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Matthew,
> > > 
> > > I'm pulling together a local cypherpunks group in Seattle.  If you
> > > know anyone in the area who is interested in issues of cryptography
> > > and privacy, could you please pass this announcement on?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Emily Sandblade
> > > 
> > > P.S.  If you're ever in the area, I'd love to have you as a speaker.
> > > 
> > > =====================================
> > > 
> > > ***Please circulate to all interested parties***
> > > 
> > > Announcing the first meeting of 2001 of Cypherpunks-Seattle.
> > > 
> > > When:  April 14, 2001 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
> > > Where:  Bellevue Las Margaritas
> > >       437 - 108th Avenue N. E., downtown Bellevue
> > >       Space is limited, please RSVP to
> > > seacypherpunks at ix.netcom.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Agenda -
> > > 
> > >       Introductions and Open Discussion
> > > 
> > >       E-Gold and other Alternative Currency Systems
> > > 
> > >       Problems and Tradeoffs in Public Key Infrastructures
> > > 
> > > 
> > > E-Gold and other Alternative Currency Systems
> > > 
> > >       E-gold has enjoyed increasing success as the first viable
> > > free-market electronic currency.  It is privately backed, and
> > > does not rely on any particular government's political stability
> > > to retain its value.
> > > 
> > >       Vince Callaway, who wears hats as both an independent in-
> > > and out-exchange provider for e-gold and Norfed and a software
> > > engineer, will discuss the background of free-market currencies,
> > > some of the current operating paradigms, and will touch on some
> > > of the future prospects for these currencies.
> > > 
> > >       Vince has the distinction of having been an early BBS sysop,
> > > moving into becoming Tacoma's first internet provider in 1991.
> > > He has been involved both in getting Washington State's leginfo
> > > site created, and was instrumental in getting a digital signature
> > > law passed in Washington.  Vince also operates a PGP key server.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Problems and Tradeoffs in Public Key Infrastructures
> > > 
> > >       This could hardly come at a better time, after the
> > > announcement that Verisign issued a Class 3 Digital Certificate
> > > to someone who purported to be from Microsoft, but wasn't.  This
> > > certificate can be used to code-sign things like ActiveX
> > > controls, macros, and applications.  Anyone in possession of that
> > > certificate could present malicious code to an unsuspecting user
> > > and fool that user into accepting it into his computer.  ("After
> > > all, it said it was from Microsoft.")
> > > 
> > >       Albert Yang will discuss what PKI--Public Key
> > > Infrastructures--can and cannot do.  He will briefly cover the
> > > basics of how PKI works, where it fails, and when and how
> > > certificates can be trusted--and defeated.  In addition, Albert
> > > has promised to give a glimpse of some of the new PKI
> > > developments on the horizon.
> > > 
> > >       Albert is currently a security architect and PKI consultant
> > > with Baltimore Technology.  Previously, he was a consultant with
> > > RSA.  He has several years of background in Linux, BSD, and web
> > > site design and programming.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The cypherpunks meeting is an Open Meeting on US Soil and it is
> > > free for anyone to attend.
> > > 
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