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The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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1001 G Street NW, Suite 950 E
Washington DC 20001 USA
+1 202 347 5400 (voice)
+1 202 393 5509 (fax)
+1 202 638 6119 (BBS - 16.8k ZyXEL)
+1 202 638 6120 (BBS - 14.4k V.32bis)
Internet: ask@eff.org
Internet fax gate: remote-printer.EFF@9.0.5.5.3.9.3.2.0.2.1.tpc.int
HOW TO FIND EFF ONLINE
======================
-=> Please note that WWW, FTP, gopher, WAIS and BBS services are still "under
construction", as are many of our forums on various online services, and that
new material is added frequently, so you may wish to check back periodically.
Internet and USENET:
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News Services and Forums for Discussion:
If you receive any Usenet newsgroups, your site may carry the newsgroups
comp.org.eff.news and comp.org.eff.talk. The former is a moderated
newsgroup for announcements, newsletters, and other information; the latter
is an unmoderated discussion group for talk and debate on EFF and issues
relating to the electronic frontier and civil liberties. Also, Usenet's
alt.politics.datahighway may be of interest. This conference was started by
EFF in November of 1993, to provide a forum for discussion of the national
(or global) information infrastructure, from deployment plans to civil
liberties issues to debunking of hype.
For those unable to read the newsgroups, there are redistributions via
electronic mail, as well as other EFF mailing lists:
comp-org-eff-news
News-->mail gate of newsgroup comp.org.eff.news, EFF releases only.
comp-org-eff-talk
Mail<-->news gate of newsgroup comp.org.eff.talk (high-traffic)
eff-activists
EFF alerts & campaign info, focused online activist/volunteer
discussion
effector-online
Distribution of EFFector Online, EFF's bi-weekly newsletter only
net-guide
Monthly updates to EFF's Guide to the Internet (previously Big Dummy's
Guide, pub'd. in hardcopy by MIT Press as Everybody's Guide.)
alt-politics-datahighway
Mail<-->news gateway of the newsgroup alt.politics.datahighway
civil-liberty-index
Indexes of "newsy" civil liberties articles from Usenet
comp-academic-freedom-talk
Discussion of Computers and Academic Freedom (non-digested/abstracted)
comp-academic-freedom-abstracts
Abstracts from comp-academic-freedom-news (1/wk)
comp-academic-freedom-batch
Discussion of Computers and Academic Freedom (batch version, 1/dy)
comp-academic-freedom-news
Best of the discussion on Computers and Academic Freedom (1/wk)
comp-gopher-diffs
Distribution and discussion of "bookmarks" to new Gopher material
For more detailed descriptions, send a message containing
the commands:
HELP
LONGINDEX
in the body of your message to listserv@eff.org.
Please note that comp-org-eff-talk can be high-volume at times, so you are
advised to use filtering.
Those in FidoNet and some other BBS networks can probably get the newsletter
and other low-traffic lists via gateway systems. Ask your network
coordinators for more information.
File Archives:
A document library containing all EFF news releases and other publications
of interest, including John Perry Barlow's history of EFF - "Crime and
Puzzlement," as well as recent and proposed legislation, materials for
online activists, archives of electronic publications, records of trials
and legal cases, information alerts, and other related documents & papers,
is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.eff.org. Send a note to
ftphelp@eff.org if you have difficulties or are unable to use FTP.
If you are on the Internet, you can use your host's FTP program to
connect to ftp.eff.org (192.77.172.4). Login as "anonymous" and use your
e-mail address as the password.
This archive may also be accessed via the Gopher, and World Wide Web (Lynx,
Mosaic, Cello, etc.) services, at gopher.eff.org, and http://www.eff.org/,
respectively. These utilities present documents and other files in
hierarchical, easy-to-navigate menus, allowing you to read online, and save
what you want to disk on your own machine. If you don't have access to a
gopher client, but do have access to telnet, you can use another site's
gopher client by telnetting to consultant.micro.umn.edu, login: gopher.
From there, select "Other gopher servers", then "North America", "USA",
"Washington DC", "Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)". There are a
couple of new e-mail servers for accessing gopher sites - start
off by sending mail with a subject and message body of "help" (no quotes) to
gophermail@ncc.go.jp or gophermail@calvin.edu. SunSITE offers several
public services via telnet login. These include: gopher (login: gopher),
World Wide Web (login: lynx - select g http://www.eff.org/ to get to EFF),
WAIS - over 500 databases (login: swais).
When completed, Wide-Area Information Server (WAIS) database indexing of the
EFF archives will be available at wais.eff.org via Internet.
Outpost - EFF Online (the EFF BBS):
-----------------------------------
The EFF bulletin board system, Outpost - EFF Online, begun in March 1994,
supports 300-14400bps connections (V.32bis, V.42bis, 8 bits, no parity,
1 stop-bit - 8N1) on it's dialup lines. The system is available 22 hours
per day (3am-5am eastern time reserved for mail transfers and maintenance
routines). When fully operational, the board will be available 24 hours
per day, will support 4 lines at faster speeds, and will feature online
conferences from a variety of networks including FidoNet, Usenet/Internet,
and more, as well as the full selection of files available from EFF's FTP
archive, EFF membership materials, bulletins on the latest issues affecting
civil liberties in cyberspace, and other related files and services. The
data phone number for the system is +1 202 638 6120. Outpost's FidoNet
address is 1:109/1108. Access to the BBS is free (besides calling costs;
at present we do not have a toll-free number.) Other network addresses:
WishNet - 19:1202/101; StormNet - 181:193/1; IndraNet - 369:1011/2
New 2nd node: +1 202 638 6119 (300-14400bps V.32b/V.42b, 16800bps ZyXEL; 8N1)
The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL):
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The WELL, based in the San Francisco area, is host to an active EFF
conference, as well as many other related conferences of interest to EFF
supporters. Telecom access is available through the CompuServe Packet
Network. If you have an Internet connection, you can reach the WELL via
telnet at well.sf.ca.us; otherwise, dial +1 415 332 6106 (data,
300-2400bps) pr +1 415 332 8410 (data, 9600-14400bps). The WELL's voice
number is +1 415 332 4335. To get to the EFF conference, type "g eff".
The Spring:
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The Spring is a new conferencing system in Austin TX, hosting many conferences
including a new EFF forum. Spring can be reached via telnet at spring.com,
and has local dialup access as well. The EFF forum is accessible by
simply following the menus into the conferences area, and choosing the
Select Conference item, specifying the EFF conference.
CompuServe (CIS):
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Our forum on CompuServe is also open. GO EFFSIG to join. Many of the files
on ftp.eff.org, as well as other items of interest, are mirrored in the
EFFSIG Libraries, and a lively debate and chat area exists with more
than 15 online message areas. CIS can be reached via telnet at
compuserve.com.
America Online (AOL):
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EFF has opened up a forum on America Online. Go to keyword EFF to join.
Some basic EFF files are available, as well as a large and diverse
discussion and debate area. In addition, EFF sponsors occasional
interactive discussions in the MCM forum.
GEnie (GEIS):
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The Public Forum * Non-Profit Connection RT hosts an EFF forum on GEnie,
including a stock of EFF newsletters and info in Library 13, and an EFF
discussion area (Category 7, Topic 17). Please support this volunteer
effort and add your thoughts to the forum. The Public Forum is keyword
PF (or page 545). GEnie's voice sign-up number for new users is 1-800-638-
9636; the sign-up code (which will get you some free time online to check out
the system) is MHC524.
Byte Information Exchange (BIX):
--------------------------------
An EFF forum is available on BIX. The online EFF area is located at
topic "eff" in the "security" conference, and BIX can be reached via
telnet to x25.bix.com or bix.com. Like our area on GEnie, the BIX forum is a
volunteer activist effort - please participate, and help make this a great
virtual community of activism and discussion!
Other Services, BBSs, and Networks:
-----------------------------------
From time to time, EFF-oriented resources may appear on other systems; for
instance, Illuminati Online's Metaverse service will feature an EFF
"virtual office", while FidoNet locally gates both comp.org.eff.talk and
comp.org.eff.news. If you have difficulty finding online material from the
listed sources, try shopping around and you may find what you are looking
for. All EFF materials are redistributable, and can be found on many BBS
systems around the country. System operators interested in carrying our
material should contact ask@eff.org, Stanton McCandlish at 1:109/1108, or
call 202-347-5400 and ask for Stanton McCandlish.
Internet Contact Addresses:
Membership & donations: membership@eff.org
Legal services: ssteele@eff.org
Hardcopy publications: pubs@eff.org
Online publications, conferences, & other resources: ask@eff.org
Technical questions/problems, access to mailing lists: eff@eff.org
Latest issue of EFFector (EFF newsletter): effector-reflector@eff.org
Updated: 09/12/94