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1997-06-22 - Re: Party on IRC

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
To: nelson@media.mit.edu (Nelson Minar)
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Reply To: <3.0.2.32.19970621023432.0077a4ac@popd.ix.netcom.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-06-22 08:15:30 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 16:15:30 +0800

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From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 16:15:30 +0800
To: nelson@media.mit.edu (Nelson Minar)
Subject: Re: Party on IRC
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At 03:31 PM 6/21/97 -0400, Nelson Minar wrote:
>I don't know any more what mailing lists I should use. Coderpunks?
>Cryptography? Cypherpunks? DCSB?

I'd posted my mail to cypherpunks and cryptography,
so I'm forwarding yours there.

>It already exists. IRC includes the "DCC" protocol - direct client to
>client communication. It's mostly for exchange of files (read:
>pornography), but you can also use it for chat or, even better,
>encrypted chat. It's like a /msg except that the servers are never
>involved, it's directly between two clients.
>
>The DCC stuff isn't very standardized, so I don't know how
>interoperable it all is. I believe that IRCII, the Unix client, has
>something in it along the lines of DES with secret keys.
>
>

#			Thanks;  Bill
# Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
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