From: aga <aga@dhp.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 07:26:09 -0800 (PST)
To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org
Subject: Re: Cypherpunks FAQ
Message-ID: <199702181526.HAA05736@toad.com>
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Dale Thorn wrote:

> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:12:19 -0800
> From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
> Reply-To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org
> To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org
> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Cypherpunks FAQ
> 
> Toto wrote:
> > ISP_Ratings wrote:
> > >   Yes--and given the role Dr. Vulis has played in this matter
> > > it would be most appropriate for him to write an FAQ (although
> > > I personally ignore most FAQs).
> 
> >Perhaps it would be more appropriate for the good doctor to write a FUQs.
> 
> Why not do it like the Declaration of Independence?  A primary author
> puts the basic document together, and other persons with expertise in
> other important areas add to it, then it gets circulated on the list
> for comments and suggestions.
> 
> "Other areas" not normally addressed in these kinds of documents
> should include subscribers' awareness that the crypto lists are
> a prime target of attention from federal agencies, et al, and
> that much of the material posted could be pure disinformation.
> 

I do not think that any Federal Agency would be interested in any
group so undisciplined as cypherpunks.