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<A HREF="toc.html">Contents</A>
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<H1><A name="lists">Mailing lists and newsgroups</A></H1>
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<H2><A name="list.fs">Mailing lists about FreeS/WAN</A></H2>
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<H3><A name="projlist">The project mailing lists</A></H3>
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<P>The Linux FreeS/WAN project has several email lists for user support,
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bug reports and software development discussions.</P>
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<P>We had a single list on clinet.fi for several years (Thanks, folks!),
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then one list on freeswan.org, but now we've split into several lists:</P>
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<DT><A href="mailto:[email protected]?body=subscribe">
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users</A></DT>
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<DD>
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<UL>
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<LI>The general list for discussing use of the software</LI>
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<LI>The place for seeking<STRONG> help with problems</STRONG> (but
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please check the<A href="faq.html"> FAQ</A> first).</LI>
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<LI>Anyone can post.</LI>
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</UL>
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</DD>
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<DT><A href="mailto:[email protected]?body=subscribe">bugs</A>
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<UL>
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<LI>For<STRONG> bug reports</STRONG>.</LI>
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<LI>If you are not certain what is going on -- could be a bug, a
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configuration error, a network problem, ... -- please post to the users
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list instead.</LI>
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<LI>Anyone can post.</LI>
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</UL>
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</DD>
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<DT><A href="mailto:[email protected]?body=subscribe">
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design</A></DT>
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<LI><STRONG>Design discussions</STRONG>, for people working on FreeS/WAN
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development or others with an interest in design and security issues.</LI>
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<LI>It would be a good idea to read the existing design papers (see this<A
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href="intro.html#applied"> list</A>) before posting.</LI>
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<LI>Anyone can post.</LI>
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</UL>
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</DD>
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<DT><A href="mailto:[email protected]?body=subscribe">
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announce</A></DT>
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<DD>
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<UL>
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<LI>A<STRONG> low-traffic</STRONG> list.</LI>
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<LI><STRONG>Announcements</STRONG> about FreeS/WAN and related software.</LI>
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<LI>All posts here are also sent to the users list. You need not
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subscribe to both.</LI>
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<LI>Only the FreeS/WAN team can post.</LI>
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<LI>If you have something you feel should go on this list, send it to<VAR>
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[email protected]</VAR>. Unless it is obvious, please
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include a short note explaining why we should post it.</LI>
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</UL>
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</DD>
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<DT><A href="mailto:[email protected]?body=subscribe">
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briefs</A></DT>
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<DD>
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<UL>
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<LI>A<STRONG> low-traffic</STRONG> list.</LI>
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<LI><STRONG>Weekly summaries</STRONG> of activity on the users list.</LI>
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<LI>All posts here are also sent to the users list. You need not
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subscribe to both.</LI>
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<LI>Only the FreeS/WAN team can post.</LI>
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</UL>
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</DD>
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</DL>
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<P>To subscribe to any of these, you can:</P>
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<UL>
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<LI>just follow the links above</LI>
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<LI>use our<A href="http://www.freeswan.org/mail.html"> web interface</A>
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</LI>
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<LI>send mail to<VAR> listname</VAR>[email protected] with a
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one-line message body "subscribe"</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>Archives of these lists are available via the<A href="http://www.freeswan.org/mail.html">
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web interface</A>.</P>
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<H4><A name="which.list">Which list should I use?</A></H4>
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<P>For most questions, please check the<A href="faq.html"> FAQ</A>
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first, and if that does not have an answer, ask on the users list. "My
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configuration doesn't work." does not belong on the bugs list, and "Can
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FreeS/WAN do such-and-such" or "How do I configure it to..." do not
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belong in design discussions.</P>
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<P>Cross-posting the same message to two or more of these lists is
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discouraged. Quite a few people read more than one list and getting
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multiple copies is annoying.</P>
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<H4><A name="policy.list">List policies</A></H4>
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<P><STRONG>US citizens or residents are asked not to post code to the
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lists, not even one-line bug fixes</STRONG>. The project cannot accept
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code which might entangle it in US<A href="politics.html#exlaw"> export
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restrictions</A>.</P>
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<P>Non-subscribers can post to some of these lists. This is necessary;
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someone working on a gateway install who encounters a problem may not
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have access to a subscribed account.</P>
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<P>Some spam turns up on these lists from time to time. For discussion
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of why we do not attempt to filter it, see the<A href="faq.html#spam">
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FAQ</A>. Please do not clutter the lists with complaints about this.</P>
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<H3><A name="archive">Archives of the lists</A></H3>
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<P>Searchable archives of the old single list have existed for some
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time. At time of writing, it is not yet clear how they will change for
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the new multi-list structure.</P>
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<UL>
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<LI><A href="http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/linux-ipsec">Canada</A></LI>
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<LI><A href="http://www.nexial.com">Holland</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<P>Note that these use different search engines. Try both.</P>
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<P>Archives of the new lists are available via the<A href="http://www.freeswan.org/mail.html">
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web interface</A>.</P>
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<H2><A name="indexes">Indexes of mailing lists</A></H2>
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<P><A href="http://paml.net/">PAML</A> is the standard reference for<STRONG>
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P</STRONG>ublicly<STRONG> A</STRONG>ccessible<STRONG> M</STRONG>ailing<STRONG>
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L</STRONG>ists. When we last checked, it had over 7500 lists on an
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amazing variety of topics. It also has FAQ information and a search
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engine.</P>
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<P>There is an index of<A href="http://oslab.snu.ac.kr/~djshin/linux/mail-list/index.shtml">
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Linux mailing lists</A> available.</P>
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<P>A list of<A href="http://xforce.iss.net/maillists/otherlists.php">
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computer security mailing lists</A>, with descriptions.</P>
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<H2><A name="otherlists">Lists for related software and topics</A></H2>
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<P>Most links in this section point to subscription addresses for the
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various lists. Send the one-line message "subscribe<VAR> list_name</VAR>
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" to subscribe to any of them.</P>
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<H3><A NAME="28_3_1">Products that include FreeS/WAN</A></H3>
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<P>Our introduction document gives a<A href="intro.html#products"> list
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of products that include FreeS/WAN</A>. If you have, or are
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considering, one of those, check the supplier's web site for
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information on mailing lists for their users.</P>
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<H3><A name="linux.lists">Linux mailing lists</A></H3>
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<UL>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">
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[email protected]</A>, for Linux system administrators</LI>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">
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[email protected]</A>, about Netfilter, which replaces IPchains
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in kernels 2.3.15 and later</LI>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">
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[email protected]</A>, for people working on security
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audits of various Linux programs</LI>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">
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[email protected]</A>, for discussion of issues common to
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all the half dozen projects working on secure Linux distributions.</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>Each of the scure distribution projects also has its own web site and
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mailing list. Some of the sites are:</P>
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<LI><A href="http://bastille-linux.org/">Bastille Linux</A> scripts to
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harden Redhat, e.g. by changing permissions and modifying inialisation
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scripts</LI>
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<LI><A href="http://immunix.org/">Immunix</A> take a different approach,
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using a modified compiler to build kernel and utilities with better
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resistance to various types of overflow and exploit</LI>
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<LI>the<A href="glossary.html#NSA"> NSA</A> have contractors working on
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a<A href="glossary.html#SElinux"> Security Enhanced Linux</A>,
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primarily adding stronger access control mechanisms. You can download
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the current version (which interestingly is under GPL and not export
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resrtricted) or subscribe to the mailing list from the<A href="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux">
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project web page</A>.</LI>
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</UL>
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<H3><A name="ietf">Lists for IETF working groups</A></H3>
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<P>Each<A href="glossary.html#IETF"> IETF</A> working group has an
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associated mailing list where much of the work takes place.</P>
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<UL>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A>
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, the IPsec<A href="http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ipsec-charter.html">
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working group</A>. This is where the protocols are discussed, new
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drafts announced, and so on. By now, the IPsec working group is winding
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down since the work is essentially complete. A<A href="http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ipsec/">
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list archive</A> is available.</LI>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">IPsec policy</A>
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list, and its<A href="http://www.vpnc.org/ipsec-policy/"> archive</A></LI>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">IP secure remote access</A>
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list, and its<A href="http://www.vpnc.org/ietf-ipsra/mail-archive/">
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archive</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<H3><A name="other">Other mailing lists</A></H3>
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<UL>
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<LI><A href="mailto:[email protected]">
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[email protected]</A> a low-traffic list with announcements of
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developments in privacy, encryption and online civil rights</LI>
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<LI>a VPN mailing list's<A href="http://kubarb.phsx.ukans.edu/~tbird/vpn.html">
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home page</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<H2><A name="newsgroups">Usenet newsgroups</A></H2>
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<UL>
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<LI>sci.crypt</LI>
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<LI>sci.crypt.research</LI>
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<LI>comp.dcom.vpn</LI>
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<LI>talk.politics.crypto</LI>
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</UL>
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