From: Harry Shapiro <habs@Panix.Com>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 93 05:50:09 PDT
To: future@nyx.cs.du.edu (FutureCulture)
Subject: The mysterious mailing list (fwd)
Message-ID: <199304181248.AA28813@sun.Panix.Com>
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There have been reports about a mailing list set-up at NIST that had a
number of people on it including Mitch Kapor.

The list is named "clipper" and it was through that list that part of
the Wire Tap Chip announcement came.

I asked Mitch directly, what is involvement with that list was; I
asked him if he was involved with the development of the Wire Tap
Chip.

Below is is reply. I believe him.

/harry

a conscious being, Mitchell Kapor wrote:
> From mkapor@eff.org Wed Apr 17 23:11:38 1993
> Message-Id: <199304181111.AA05559@eff.org>
> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 07:11:38 -0800
> To: habs@Panix.Com
> From: Mitchell Kapor <mkapor@eff.org>
> Subject: The mysterious mailing list
> 
> I believe the list in the question is an informational list set up at NIST.
>  My name was placed on it.  I did not ask to be put on such a list.  We
> were (obviously)  not involved in the development of Clipper.

> I was sent the Clipper announcement fact sheet, for instance.

> There has been a small amount of traffic on it, none of it consequential. 

> I would appreciate it if you would make these facts known.

I have told Mitch I will put this info out and have asked that he
make clipper list mail public at some FTP site.

I have also asked him when he started getting traffic from this list.

/harry


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Harry Shapiro  				      habs@panix.com
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