[92801] in Cypherpunks
Re: cypherpunks and guns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (snow)
Thu Jan 8 06:23:37 1998
To: guy@panix.com (Information Security)
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 01:40:19 -0600 (CST)
From: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199801061912.OAA08946@panix2.panix.com> from "Information Security" at Jan 6, 98 02:12:45 pm
Reply-To: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
> # 128bit SSL module distribution *EVEN TO US CITIZENS* due to commerce
> # department fuckedness. Anyone know where I could get a copy? It would
> # really suck to have to patch the 40bit one into a 128bit version, since
> # they do not distribute source.
> I don't know if this is the "module" form of the answer you want:
> http://www.replay.com/
Nope, he wants the AOL SERVER, not browser
> Tim May wrote:
>> Final comment: If I find the motivation, I may finish an essay I've been
>> working on about how we, the Cypherpunks and the World, are *retrogressing*
>> in crypto areas. Most of the exotic applications are no longer being
>> discussed, and various mundane commercial products are the main focus.
> > Yawn.
> How about moving this list to encrypt its transmissions in
> the recipient's public keys, just to begin encrypting Net traffic?
At this point, there would be WAY too much overhead on the 3 or
so servers that make up the cypherpunks mailing list. PGP encrypting every
message sent thru would take up a lot of CPU time.
