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HavenCo, founded in 1999, operates secure [[data havens]] and supporting services. HavenCo is best known for establishing a secure [[colocation]] facility on [[Roughs Tower]], an artificial fortress constructed by the UK government in the [[North Sea]] during [[World War II]]. After the war the tower was abandoned by the British, and was later occupied by [[Paddy Roy Bates]], who then proceeded to declare the existence of an independent principality on the Tower, which he called [[Sealand]]. Sealand has not been formally recognized by any government in the world; HavenCo is premised on Sealand's alleged independence.
HavenCo, founded in 1999, operates secure [[data havens]] and supporting services. HavenCo is best known for establishing a secure [[colocation]] facility on [[Sealand]], a self-proclaimed independent principality in the [[North Sea]]. While Sealand's legal status is disputed, HavenCo operates independently in multiple jurisdictions, and uses a combination of technical and legal means to ensure client privacy.




Revision as of 18:55, 17 November 2001

HavenCo, founded in 1999, operates secure data havens and supporting services. HavenCo is best known for establishing a secure colocation facility on Sealand, a self-proclaimed independent principality in the North Sea. While Sealand's legal status is disputed, HavenCo operates independently in multiple jurisdictions, and uses a combination of technical and legal means to ensure client privacy.


HavenCo has been featured on several news programs, the cover of Wired Magazine, and over 200 articles around the world. HavenCo's founders include Ryan Lackey, who currently resides on Sealand, Sean and Jo Hastings, Avi Freedman (a well-known networking expert), and several others, as well as a close partnership with the royal family of Sealand, especially Prince Michael, who is also HavenCo's CEO.


HavenCo believes in freedom of information and commerce. HavenCo's acceptable use policy prohibits child pornography, spam, and malicious hacking. All other content is acceptable. HavenCo has no restrictions on copyright or intellectual property on their servers, arguing that since Sealand is not a signatory or party to WTO or WIPO, international intellectual property law does not apply to it.


In addition to commercial services such as colocation, consulting, and systems administration, HavenCo operates a mixmaster anonymous remailer, an offshore software development host (similar to sourceforge), and electronic mail services.


HavenCo bears a great degree of resemblance to Neal Stephenson's fictional datahaven in the novel Cryptonomicon, and various details match up as well -- an investor named Avi, location on an island, affiliation with cypherpunks, impacted wisdom teeth, use of cryptography, etc. However, HavenCo was well underway before the book was public, and the concept of a data haven is a far older idea. The use of small islands as tax havens and flags of convenience is perhaps a hundred years old, and data havens are a logical evolution of that.


HavenCo is one of the few profitable cypherpunk startups. This is primarily due to HavenCo's focus on business clients, rather than services for individuals.


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