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'''Eric Hughes''' is an American mathematician, computer programmer, and [[cypherpunk]]. He is considered one of the founders of the cypherpunk movement, alongside [[Timothy C. May]] and [[John Gilmore (activist)|John Gilmore]].<ref name="passcode">{{cite web |
'''Eric Hughes''' is an American mathematician, computer programmer, and [[cypherpunk]]. He is considered one of the founders of the cypherpunk movement, alongside [[Timothy C. May]] and [[John Gilmore (activist)|John Gilmore]].<ref name="passcode">{{cite web |author=Rid |first=Thomas |date=20 July 2016 |title=The cypherpunk revolution |url=http://projects.csmonitor.com/cypherpunk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929123447/http://projects.csmonitor.com/cypherpunk |archive-date=2019-09-29 |website=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref><ref name="themonthly">{{cite news |author=Manne |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Manne |date=16 February 2011 |title=The Cypherpunk Revolutionary: Julian Assange: the unknown story |pages=17-35 |website=The Monthly |publication-date=18 March 2011 |url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2011/february/1324596189/robert-manne/cypherpunk-revolutionary |url-status=live |access-date=2023-09-17 |archive-url=https://cryptome.org/0003/assange-manne.htm |archive-date=17 June 2014}}</ref> |
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He is notable for founding and administering the Cypherpunk [[electronic mailing list|mailing list]],<ref name="wiredanon">{{cite news |author=Levy |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Levy |date=1 June 1994 |title=Anonymously Yours — How to Launder Your E-mail |volume=2 |website=Wired |issue=6 |url=https://www.wired.com/1994/06/anonymous-2/}}</ref> authoring [[A Cypherpunk's Manifesto]],<ref name="manifesto">{{cite web |author=Hughes |first=Eric |date=9 March 1993 |title=A Cypherpunk's Manifesto |url=http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230917050735/https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html |archive-date=2023-09-17 |access-date=2012-09-18 |website=Activism: Cypherpunks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite serial|title=Politics on the Web|series=The Internet Cafe|series-link=Net Cafe (TV series)|date=1996|url=https://archive.org/details/nc103_cyberpolitics|host1=Stewart Cheifet|host2=Andrew deVries|host3=Jane Wither|others=Additional contributors: supervising producer: Sara O'Brien; producer: Annaliza Savage; videographers: Phil Azzopardi and Ken Butler; audio: Chris Fenwick; utility: Hanns Ullrich; Cyberblast producer: Robbin M. Ray; segment director: Tom van Horn; editor: Robert E. Meyer; post production audio & graphics Kris Richardson; computer technician: Buzz Hague; Cyberblast engineer: Fred Heineman; engineer: Gregg Chadwick; production associate: Tom Schauer; production assistants: Adolfo Leiva, Kevin Long, and Elana McCoy; assistants to the producers: Lisa Pilkin, Mary Anne Sirois, and Tammy Wilson; hair/makeup: Annie Jenkins; executive producer: Stewart Cheifet|publisher=PCTV, Inc.|location=CyberSmith internet cafe, Palo Alto, California|time=0m31s to 0m35s (teaser) and 9m54s to 16m22s (main content)}}</ref> creating and hosting the first [[anonymous remailer]],<ref name="passcode" /><ref name="amsci">{{Cite journal |last=Bartlett |first=Jamie |date=March-April 2016 |title=Cypherpunks Write Code |url=https://www.americanscientist.org/article/cypherpunks-write-code |journal=American Scientist |volume=104 |issue=2 |page=120 |doi=10.1511/2016.119.120 |access-date=2023-09-17 |quote=From The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld, by Jamie Bartlett. Copyright © 2015 by Melville House. Used by permission of the publisher.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Jennings |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Jennings |date=10 October 1992 |title=Thoughts on Security and Authentication for Email Systems |url=http://gopher.altexxanet.org:70/textfiles.com/fidonet-on-the-internet/909192/fido0941.txt |url-status=live |journal=[[FidoNews]] |publication-date=12 October 1992 |volume=9 |issue=41 |pages=8-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040505/http://www.worldpowersystems.com/FidoNet/source/Fido-FidoNet/Fido-pre-12/publicke.art.TXT |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date= |quote= |postscript=. Also available at: https://www.sensitiveresearch.com/Archive/FidoNet/Fido-FidoNet-folder.zip path Fido-FidoNet-folder/FILES/fidonet-history/publicke.art, https://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1992/10/msg00078.html, http://textfiles.serverrack.net/bbs/FIDONET/JENNINGS/STANDARDS/keys.doc.txt, and https://www.scribd.com/document/203979356/Cypherpunk-Mailing-List-1992 (starting at page 115). "Anyways, security is more than cryptographic strength. Turns out, there's a way around this: anonymous remailers. In a private Internet mailing list Eric Hughes came up with a trick to anonymously remail messages…" |work=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=May |first=Timothy C. |author-link=Timothy C. May |date=11 November 1992 |title=Hackers Conference Report |url=https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks-legacy/1992-November.txt |url-status=live |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20220127060824/https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks-legacy/1992-November.txt |archivedate=2022-01-27 |access-date=2023-09-17 |work=lists.cpunks.org Mailing Lists, Cypherpunks archives 1992-2013 |quote=Eric Hughes, a mathematician who worked briefly for David Chaum's 'DigiCash' outfit, described anonymous remailers implemented in Perl and now running.}}</ref> and coining the motto, "Cypherpunks write code".<ref name="amsci" /> |
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|url=http://projects.csmonitor.com/cypherpunk |
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|title=The cypherpunk revolution |
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|author=Thomas Rid |
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|website=Christian Science Monitor |
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|date=20 July 2016 |
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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929123447/http://projects.csmonitor.com/cypherpunk |
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|archive-date=2019-09-29 |
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}}</ref><ref name="themonthly">{{cite web |
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|author=Robert Manne |
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|url=http://cryptome.org/0003/assange-manne.htm |
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|title=The Cypherpunk Revolutionary: Julian Assange |
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|website=The Monthly |
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|date=March 2011 |
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|access-date=2016-10-06}}</ref> |
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He is notable for founding and administering the Cypherpunk [[electronic mailing list|mailing list]],<ref name="wiredanon">{{cite web |
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|author=[[Steven Levy]] |
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|url=https://www.wired.com/1994/06/anonymous-2/ |
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|title=Anonymously Yours — How to Launder Your E-mail |
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|website=Wired |
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|date=1 June 1994}}</ref> authoring [[A Cypherpunk's Manifesto]],<ref name="manifesto">{{cite web |
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|author=Eric Hughes |
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|url=http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html |
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|title=A Cypherpunk's Manifesto |
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|access-date=2012-09-18}}</ref><ref name="netcafe">{{cite web |
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|url=https://archive.org/details/nc103_cyberpolitics |
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|author=[[Net_Cafe_(TV_series)|The Internet Cafe]] |
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|title=Politics on the Web |
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|date=1996 |
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|accessdate=2023-03-28 |
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}}</ref> creating and hosting the first [[anonymous remailer]],<ref name="passcode" /><ref name="amsci">{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/cypherpunks-write-code |
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|author=[[Jamie Bartlett (journalist)|Jamie Bartlett]] |
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|title=Cypherpunks Write Code |
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|website=American Scientist |
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|date=March–April 2016 |
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|access-date=2016-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.worldpowersystems.com/FidoNet/source/Fido-FidoNet/Fido-pre-12/publicke.art.TXT |
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|author=[[Tom Jennings]] |
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|date=1992 |
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|work=[[FidoNews]] |
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|title=Thoughts on Security and Authentication for Email Systems |
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|quote=Anyways, security is more than cryptographic strength. Turns out, there's a way around this: anonymous remailers. In a private Internet mailing list Eric Hughes came up with a trick to anonymously remail messages… |
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|access-date=2014-08-20 |
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040505/http://www.worldpowersystems.com/FidoNet/source/Fido-FidoNet/Fido-pre-12/publicke.art.TXT |
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|archive-date=2016-03-04 |
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|url-status=dead |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|quote=Eric Hughes, a mathematician who worked briefly for David Chaum's 'DigiCash' outfit, described anonymous remailers implemented in Perl and now running. |
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|url=http://eugen.leitl.org/cpunks-archive/cyp-1992.txt |
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|author=[[Timothy C. May]] |
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|work=Cypherpunks |
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|title=Hackers Conference Report |
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|date=11 November 1992 |
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|url-status=dead |
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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509184506/http://eugen.leitl.org/cpunks-archive/cyp-1992.txt |
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|archivedate=2013-05-09 |
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}}</ref> and coining the motto, "Cypherpunks write code".<ref name="amsci" /> |
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The May/June 1993 issue of ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' featured a cover photo of three masked cypherpunks, of which Hughes was one.<ref name="passcode" /><ref>{{cite |
The May/June 1993 issue (vol. 1 no. 2) of ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' featured a cover photo, credited to Larry Dyer, of three masked cypherpunks, of which Hughes was one.<ref name="passcode" /><ref>{{cite news |author=Alexander |first=Anna Goldwater |date=9 October 2018 |title=Our Favorite 25 WIRED Covers of All Time |website=[[WIRED]] |url=https://www.wired.com/story/favorite-25-covers/ |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> |
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|url=https://www.wired.com/story/favorite-25-covers/ |
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|title=Our Favorite 25 WIRED Covers of All Time |
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|author=Anna Goldwater Alexander |
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|date=9 October 2018 |
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}}</ref> |
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On September 27, 2012, Hughes delivered the keynote address, ''Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers'', at the Amsterdam [[CryptoParty]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reißmann |first=Ole |date=9 October 2012 |title=Cryptoparty-Bewegung: Die Cypherpunks sind zurück |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/cryptoparty-bewegung-die-cypherpunks-sind-zurueck-a-859473.html |access-date=2023-09-17 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://soundcloud.com/cryptoanarchywiki/2012-09-27-eric-hughes-keynote-at-amsterdam-cryptoparty |title=2012-09-27 Eric Hughes Keynote at Amsterdam Cryptoparty |date=17 June 2018 |last=cryptoanarchy.wiki |type=audio recording |quote=Eric Hughes, the author of A Cypherpunk's Manifesto nearly two decades before, delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam CryptoParty on 2012-09-27. |via=SoundCloud}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hildebrandt |first=Larissa |date=17 November 2012 |title=Amsterdam joins the ‘CryptoParty’ |url=https://networkcultures.org/unlikeus/2012/11/17/amsterdam-joins-the-cryptoparty/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Unlike Us |publisher=Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://cryptohub.nl/mirror/cryptoparty/eric_hughes_cryptoparty.ogg |title=Cryptoparty Keynote |date=2012 |last=Hughes |first=Eric |type=audio recording |publisher=Cryptoparty 2012 Amsterdam Technologia Incognita |via=CryptoHub.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Şenalp |first=Örsan |date=8 July 2013 |title=/chapter: A-Cryptoparty-History-Party-Like-Its-1984 / CryptoParty Handbook |url=https://snuproject.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/chapter-a-cryptoparty-history-party-like-its-1984-cryptoparty-handbook/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Social Network Unionism |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stumpel |first=Marc |date=2 October 2012 |title=<nowiki>Eric Hughes' keynote address to #CryptoParty Amsterdam: 'Putting the Personal back in Personal Computers.' http://cryptohub.nl/cryptoparty/eric_hughes_cryptoparty.ogg via @drwhax</nowiki> |url=https://twitter.com/zuurstof/status/253022389452017664 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}</ref> |
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On September 27, 2012, Hughes delivered the keynote address, ''Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers'', at the Amsterdam [[CryptoParty]].<ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/cryptoparty-bewegung-die-cypherpunks-sind-zurueck-a-859473.html |
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|title=Cryptoparty-Bewegung: Die Cypherpunks sind zurück |
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|website=Der Spiegel |
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|date=25 April 2012 |
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|accessdate=2013-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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|author=[[Cory Doctorow]] |
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|url=http://boingboing.net/2012/10/12/cryptoparty-like-a-tupperware.html |
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|title=CryptoParty: like a Tupperware party for learning crypto |
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|website=Boing Boing |
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|date=12 October 2012 |
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|accessdate=2013-03-07}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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Eric Hughes is an American mathematician, computer programmer, and cypherpunk. He is considered one of the founders of the cypherpunk movement, alongside Timothy C. May and John Gilmore.[1][2] He is notable for founding and administering the Cypherpunk mailing list,[3] authoring A Cypherpunk's Manifesto,[4][5] creating and hosting the first anonymous remailer,[1][6][7][8] and coining the motto, "Cypherpunks write code".[6]
The May/June 1993 issue (vol. 1 no. 2) of Wired featured a cover photo, credited to Larry Dyer, of three masked cypherpunks, of which Hughes was one.[1][9]
On September 27, 2012, Hughes delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam CryptoParty.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Rid, Thomas (20 July 2016). "The cypherpunk revolution". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29.
- ^ Manne, Robert (16 February 2011). "The Cypherpunk Revolutionary: Julian Assange: the unknown story". The Monthly (published 18 March 2011). pp. 17–35. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Levy, Steven (1 June 1994). "Anonymously Yours — How to Launder Your E-mail". Wired. Vol. 2, no. 6.
- ^ Hughes, Eric (9 March 1993). "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto". Activism: Cypherpunks. Archived from the original on 2023-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ Stewart Cheifet; Andrew deVries; Jane Wither (1996). Politics on the Web. The Internet Cafe. Additional contributors: supervising producer: Sara O'Brien; producer: Annaliza Savage; videographers: Phil Azzopardi and Ken Butler; audio: Chris Fenwick; utility: Hanns Ullrich; Cyberblast producer: Robbin M. Ray; segment director: Tom van Horn; editor: Robert E. Meyer; post production audio & graphics Kris Richardson; computer technician: Buzz Hague; Cyberblast engineer: Fred Heineman; engineer: Gregg Chadwick; production associate: Tom Schauer; production assistants: Adolfo Leiva, Kevin Long, and Elana McCoy; assistants to the producers: Lisa Pilkin, Mary Anne Sirois, and Tammy Wilson; hair/makeup: Annie Jenkins; executive producer: Stewart Cheifet. CyberSmith internet cafe, Palo Alto, California: PCTV, Inc. Event occurs at 0m31s to 0m35s (teaser) and 9m54s to 16m22s (main content).
- ^ a b Bartlett, Jamie (March–April 2016). "Cypherpunks Write Code". American Scientist. 104 (2): 120. doi:10.1511/2016.119.120. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
From The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld, by Jamie Bartlett. Copyright © 2015 by Melville House. Used by permission of the publisher.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ Jennings, Tom (10 October 1992). "Thoughts on Security and Authentication for Email Systems". FidoNews. 9 (41) (published 12 October 1992): 8–12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Also available at: https://www.sensitiveresearch.com/Archive/FidoNet/Fido-FidoNet-folder.zip path Fido-FidoNet-folder/FILES/fidonet-history/publicke.art, https://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1992/10/msg00078.html, http://textfiles.serverrack.net/bbs/FIDONET/JENNINGS/STANDARDS/keys.doc.txt, and https://www.scribd.com/document/203979356/Cypherpunk-Mailing-List-1992 (starting at page 115). "Anyways, security is more than cryptographic strength. Turns out, there's a way around this: anonymous remailers. In a private Internet mailing list Eric Hughes came up with a trick to anonymously remail messages…"
{{cite journal}}: External link in|postscript= - ^ May, Timothy C. (11 November 1992). "Hackers Conference Report". lists.cpunks.org Mailing Lists, Cypherpunks archives 1992-2013. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
Eric Hughes, a mathematician who worked briefly for David Chaum's 'DigiCash' outfit, described anonymous remailers implemented in Perl and now running.
- ^ Alexander, Anna Goldwater (9 October 2018). "Our Favorite 25 WIRED Covers of All Time". WIRED. ISSN 1059-1028.
- ^ Reißmann, Ole (9 October 2012). "Cryptoparty-Bewegung: Die Cypherpunks sind zurück". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ cryptoanarchy.wiki (17 June 2018). 2012-09-27 Eric Hughes Keynote at Amsterdam Cryptoparty (audio recording) – via SoundCloud.
Eric Hughes, the author of A Cypherpunk's Manifesto nearly two decades before, delivered the keynote address, Putting the Personal Back in Personal Computers, at the Amsterdam CryptoParty on 2012-09-27.
- ^ Hildebrandt, Larissa (17 November 2012). "Amsterdam joins the 'CryptoParty'". Unlike Us. Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Hughes, Eric (2012). Cryptoparty Keynote (audio recording). Cryptoparty 2012 Amsterdam Technologia Incognita – via CryptoHub.nl.
- ^ Şenalp, Örsan (8 July 2013). "/chapter: A-Cryptoparty-History-Party-Like-Its-1984 / CryptoParty Handbook". Social Network Unionism. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Stumpel, Marc (2 October 2012). "Eric Hughes' keynote address to #CryptoParty Amsterdam: 'Putting the Personal back in Personal Computers.' http://cryptohub.nl/cryptoparty/eric_hughes_cryptoparty.ogg via @drwhax". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-09-17.
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