[52179] in Cypherpunks
Cypherpunks reference in Netscape book
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Corey Bridges)
Fri Mar 15 03:43:31 1996
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:37:53 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: corey@hedgehog.mcom.com (Corey Bridges)
I'm writing the "Encryption and SSL" chapter for the Netscape products, and
I'm finishing it up with a "Further reading" section that lists
crypto-related books, web sites, and newsgroups. I was thinking of including
a reference to this mailing list.
Any strong opinions either way?
As I see it, the downside is a possible increase in confused people
(specifically on the mailing list--not in general from my writing) and a
decrease in the ever-controversial signal-to-noise ratio. The upside is that
new people might come to the list and be enlightened further on the
reasonableness of privacy.
And speaking pragmatically, I can't imagine that too many people would take
the time to:
1. read the docs
2. join the mailing list
3. post ill-considered messages
(As a side note, if anyone ever has any feedback about security coverage in
Netscape documentation, send it my way.)
Corey Bridges
Netscape Security Documentation
http://home.netscape.com/people/corey
415-528-2978
