a Cypherpunks comeback

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

Will you send out a new notice when that happens, please?  Feel free to 
blame me if you need to.  Some of the old guard might be amused.


On Sat, 20 Jul 2013, Riad S. Wahby wrote:

> "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin at law.miami.edu> wrote:
>> Good idea.  But, with all respect, I don't know you.  Epecially
>> given the (very, very, very unfortunate) domain name, it would be
>> much better to get an invite from someone I recall from the old
>> days.  Preferably signed with a key on a keyserver with a decent
>> trust chain.
>>
>> And domain names are cheap.  CPUNKS-LIST.COM is available.  Why not
>> pick a different one if you are serious about this? Or get someone
>> to lend you a subdomain?
>
> This is a fair objection, and you've suggested one good remedy. Seems
> John was happy to oblige.
>
> As I said in my first email, I've been running a cpunks node from this
> address for quite some time. According to my notes, the last time any
> other node in the CDR showed any life was 5/11/2005, but I've run
> cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net and before that cypherpunks at jfet.org since
> circa 2000. You should be able to verify all this with a couple Google
> searches.
>
> Fundamentally, though, you're right: I'm not the same rash college kid
> who thought it would be hilarious to have an al-qaeda.net CDR node, and
> if that's a sticking point for people, probably this little joke's best
> days are seven or eight years gone already anyhow.
>
> To that end, I just grabbed "cpunks.org"; as soon as it comes alive,
> I'll change everything over to the new address.
>
> -=rsw
>

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