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- that governments essentially cannot stop most of these approaches, short of establishing a police state (and probably not even then)
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- core issues of identity, authentication, pseudonyms, reputations, etc.
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- Who Should Read This
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- "Should I read this?"
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## 1.4 Who Should Read This
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- "Should I read this?"
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- Yes, reading this will point you toward other sources of
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information, will answer the most commonly asked questions,
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and will (hopefully) head off the reappearance of the same
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- not the focus of this FAQ
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- basic political rants
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1.5. Comments on Style and Thoroughness
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1.5.1. "Why is this FAQ not in Mosaic form?"
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## 1.5. Comments on Style and Thoroughness
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- "Why is this FAQ not in Mosaic form?"
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- because the author (tcmay, as of 7/94) does not have Mosaic
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access, and even if did, would not necessarily....
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- linear text is still fine for some things...can be read on
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all platforms, can be printed out, and can be searched with
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standard grep and similar tools
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1.5.2. "Why the mix of styles?"
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- "Why the mix of styles?"
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+ There are three main types of styles here:
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- Standard prose sections, explaining some point or listing
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things. Mini-essays, like most posts to Cypherpunks.
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- I hope you can handle the changes in tone of voice, in
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styles, and even in formats. It'll just too much time to
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make it all read uniformly.
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1.5.3. Despite the length of this thing, a vast amount of stuff is
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- Despite the length of this thing, a vast amount of stuff is
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missing. There have been hundreds of incisive analyses by
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Cypherpunks, dozens of survey articles on Clipper, and
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thousands of clever remarks. Alas, only a few of them here.
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information about the Net.
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- Ironically, good old-fashioned books have a lot more
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relevant and timeless information.
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1.5.4. Caveats on the completeness or accuracy of this FAQ
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- Caveats on the completeness or accuracy of this FAQ
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+ not all points are fully fleshed out...the outline nature
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means that nearly all points could be further added-to,
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subdivided, taxonomized, and generally fleshed-out with
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controversial
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- inconsistencies in the points here in this FAQ
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1.6. Corrections and Elaborations
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## 1.6. Corrections and Elaborations
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+ "How to handle corrections or clarifications?"
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- While I have done my best to ensure accuracy, errors will
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no doubt exist. And as anyone can see from reading the
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elaboration....disaster! (Especially if some people can't
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trim quotes properly and end up including a big chunk of
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text.)
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+ Recommendations
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+ Recommendations
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- Send corrections of _fact_ to me
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- If you disagree with my opinion, and you think you can
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change my mind, or cause me to include your opinion as an
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and elaborations.
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- In short, this is not a group project. The "stone soup
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FAQ" is not what this is.
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+ More information
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+ More information
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- Please don't send me e-mail asking for more information
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on a particular topic--I just can't handle custom
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research. This FAQ is long enough, and the Glossary at
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- "Big Brother Inside"
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- if something really bothers you, send me a note
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1.7. Acknowledgements
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1.7.1. Acknowledgements
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## 1.7. Acknowledgements
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- Acknowledgements
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- My chief thanks go to the several hundred active
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Cypherpunks posters, past and present.
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- All rights reserved. Copyright Timothy C. May. Don't try to
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Quoting brief sections is "fair use"...quoting long
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sections is not.
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1.8. Ideas and Notes (not to be printed)
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1.8.1. Graphics for cover
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## 1.8. Ideas and Notes (not to be printed)
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- Graphics for cover
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- two blocks...plaintext to cryptotext
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- Cypherpunks FAQ
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- compiled by Timothy C. May, tcmay@netcom.com
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- with help from many Cypherpunks
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- with material from other sources
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- <credited in angle brackets>
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1.8.2. "So don't ask"
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- "So don't ask"
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1.9. Things are moving quickly in crypto and crypto policy
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1.9.1. hard to keep this FAQ current, as info changes
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1.9.2. PGP in state of flux
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1.9.3. new versions of tools coming constantly
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1.9.4. And the whole Clipper thing has been turned on its head
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## 1.9. Things are moving quickly in crypto and crypto policy
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- hard to keep this FAQ current, as info changes
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- PGP in state of flux
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- new versions of tools coming constantly
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- And the whole Clipper thing has been turned on its head
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recently by the Administration's backing off...lots of points
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already made here are now rendered moot and are primarily of
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historical interest only.
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Karlsruhe, Germany, which seemed to contain new ideas
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- TIS? (can't use this info?)
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1.10. Notes: The Cyphernomicon: the CypherFAQ and More
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1.10.1. 2.3.1. "The Book of Encyphered Names"
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## 1.10. Notes: The Cyphernomicon: the CypherFAQ and More
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- 2.3.1. "The Book of Encyphered Names"
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- Ibn al-Taz Khallikak, the Pine Barrens Horror.
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- Liber Grimoiris....Cifur???
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- spreading from the Sumerian sands, through the gate of
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to Croatan
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- Peter Krypotkin, the Russian crypto anarchist
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- Twenty-nine Primes, California
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1.10.2. 2.3.2. THE CYPHERNOMICON: a Cypherpunk FAQ and More---
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- 2.3.2. THE CYPHERNOMICON: a Cypherpunk FAQ and More---
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Version 0.666
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1.10.3. 1994-09-01, Copyright Timothy C. May, tcmay@netcom.com
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1.10.4.
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- 1994-09-01, Copyright Timothy C. May, tcmay@netcom.com
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- Written and compiled by Tim May, except as noted by
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credits. (Influenced by years of good posts on the
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Cypherpunks list.) Permission is granted to post and
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