[1057] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Party on IRC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Mon Jun 23 11:46:56 1997
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 00:57:02 -0700
To: nelson@media.mit.edu (Nelson Minar)
From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199706211931.PAA16333@pinotnoir.media.mit.edu>
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.
>
>
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