The Electronic Frontier Foundation ================================== 1667 K St. NW, Suite 801 Washington DC 20006-1605 USA +1 202 861 7700 (voice) +1 202 861 1258 (fax) +1 202 861 1223 (BBS - 16.8k ZyXEL) +1 202 861 1224 (BBS - 14.4k V.32bis) Internet: ask@eff.org Internet fax gate: remote-printer.EFF@8.5.2.1.1.6.8.2.0.2.1.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: -------------------- 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) ACTION Alerts & campaign info, focused online activist/volunteer project work. 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 and echomail 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 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. When fully operational, the BBS 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 numbers for the system are +1 202 861 1223 (14400 V.32bis, 16800 ZyXEL) and +1 202 861 1224 (14400 V.32bis) 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 The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL): --------------------------------------- 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: ----------- 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): ----------------- 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): --------------------- 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): ------------- 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 (Internet), Stanton McCandlish at 1:109/1108 (FidoNet), or call +1 202 861 7700 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