Last updated: November 25, 2004
The Cu Digest was a more-or-less weekly digest/newsletter/journal of debates, news, research, and discussion of legal, social, and other issues related to computer culture. Because of editors' time constraints and changes in computer culture, CuD likely published its last issue in March, 2000.
The CuD homepage, the main source for the Digest itself, is:
http://www.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest/
See the bottom of this file for information on submitting to these archives, which are still something of a repository for information of general interest regarding computer culture.
The archives at http://www.etext.org/CuD/ are the main CuD archives, housing a mirror of CuD itself as well as a wide variety of texts related to the computer underground. The same set of archives can also be accessed by FTP from ftp.etext.org, in the directory /pub/CuD.
*NOTE*: These archives were housed by the EFF for nearly ten years, through to the spring of the year 2001. For this, the global community really should exhibit their thanks, perhaps in the form of a donation or a similar gesture of appreciation. http://www.eff.org/support/
Any requests for files to be added to the archives should be sent via email to brendan at zen.org (adjust the address to have @ instead of the word "at").
File Description
40hex/
40hex magazine, #1-14 (added issues 13 and 14 in Nov 2004)
aBBa_BoW/
anti Big Brother association (now Brotherhood of Warez):
aBBa, #1-4; BoW #1, 3-4 (#2 missing). [This directory is
also linked to ABBa_BoW for the sticklers, and BoW_aBBa
for those looking for the current name]
Alcor/
Nine files about the Alcor Cryonics email privacy suit.
Alive/
Alive, #0-1.
ANE/
Anarchy 'n' Explosives Digest, #1-7.
AOTD/
Art of Technology Digest, #1-6.
This digest ceased production at the end of 1992.
ATI/
The Activist Times Incorporated files, #1-63.
Files #4 and #9 are missing. [ They reportedly don't exist.]
Contact gzero@tronsbox.xei.com for info on future issues.
BOOM/
Things That Go 'BOOM' and Other Stuff That Rulez, #1-10
Barata_Eletrica/
Barata Eletrica (Electric Roach) #0-14 (Brasileiro, em
Italiano!)
Black_Flagg/
Black Flagg #1.1-1.4, + index
Bootlegger/
Bootlegger, #6-7
CCC/
Chaos Computer Club stuff from
titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de:/info/CCC. See the file
LIES_MICH [README in German] for info on specific
files. Also included are things from the CCC Congress.
CDC/
The "cult of the Dead cow", #1-299.
Index, cdc-dist (distribution info), cdc-kc0w (ad),
updates, and other related files. [This directory is linked
to cDc/ for those that might look under the "official" acronym
which is cDc rather than CDC.]
CDCI/
Cult of the Dead Cat, Inc., #208-212 (no other issues
available at present).
CDUGD/
The Computer Down-Under-Ground Digest, #1.01 - 1.03.
Chalisti/
The Chalisti German Newsletter, #1-17.
[They're in German. Some ambitious and talented linguist
care to translate 'em?]
Chaos/
Chaos, #1.01-1.73
Consortium/
Consortium, # 1-2
CPI/
Corrupted Programming International Newsletter #1-2.
CuD/
This link now goes to the CuD home page,
which holds the official archive of volumes 1-11,
plus the sole issue that was in volume 12.
(In the past it was its own issues archive of CuD.)
CUHS/
Computer Underground Historical Society, #1
DFP/
Digital Free Press, #1.1-1.5.
Contact dfp-req@underg.ucf.org for a subscription.
FBI/
F(ph)reakers Bureau Incorporated, #1-2
Illegal/
Illegal #22-27 (1-21, 28+ not available). Originally a
hardcopy zine, this may or may not have been available at
some point somewhere electronically before; but lately,
a devotee has taken to putting it online (minus pictures and
such.)
Inform/
Informatik #1-5.
InfoPol/
INFORMATION POLICY ONLINE Volume 1 No 1
JAUC/
Journal of American Underground Computing #01.01-01.08
Law/
Current computer crime laws in the United States are online for:
AL, AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL,
IN, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, TX, VT, VA, WA, WI,
and WV.
Everyone [law students especially] is encouraged to send
along other statutes...we want to build this area up to
[hopefully] a full set. In addition, laws for other countries
and providences are welcome.
Still needed: AR, DC, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, ND,
NH, NV, OK, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, WY
Current computer crime laws are online for:
The United States (federal code), Canada, Ghana, and
Great Britain.
Law/bill.s.618
Senate bill 618, addressing registration of encryption keys
with the government.
Law/hr3515
House of Rep bill 3515, Telecommunications Law
Law/improve
Improvement of Information Access bill
Law/monitoring
Senate bill 516; concerning abuses of electronic monitoring
in the workplace.
Law/us.e-privacy
Title 18, relating to computer crime & email privacy.
Law/scourt-bios
Biographies of the Supreme Court Justices.
LOD/
The LOD/H Technical Journals, #1-4.
Magik/
MAGIK: Master Anarchists Giving Illicit Knowledge, #1-2.
Minotauro/
Minotauro, #1-10 (Argentina, en Espan~ol)
Misc/
Miscellaneous publications
Misc/anarch
Manual of the Anarchist, volume 1.
Misc/basic1.net
Basic Networking (old Telenet lore)
Misc/cdc-100
The Cult of the Dead Cow communications, #100.
Misc/china-2.3
CHiNA Educational InfoFile Series II, #3.
Misc/codehack
What to Look For in a Code Hacking Program
Misc/cyber1-1
The Cyberspace Chronicle
Misc/defense
Defense Data Network Blues by "Harry Hackalot"
Misc/elektrix
ELEKTRIX Issue 1.
Misc/fculture-faq
Future Culture Frequently Asked Questions list
Misc/globe1-1
Misc/globe1-2
Misc/globe1-3
The Globe Trotter, issues 1.1-1.3.
Misc/hack_acronym.list
The Hackers Acronym Chart, Version Nine.
Misc/hnet-1
H-Net Digest, #1. (Started June 1990) (None since)
Misc/hun-1.2
Hackers Unlimited Magazine, Vol 1 Issue 2.
Misc/inet-letter1.1
The Internet Letter, Vol 1 No 1.
Misc/kcah-1
Misc/kcah-2
Kcah Vol 1-2.
Misc/phreak1.bok
(Another) Phreaker's Handbook
Misc/ppa-2
Phreakers/Hackers/Anarchists Newsletter Vol 1 #2.
Misc/rrg-1
Rebels' Riting Guild #1.
Misc/tph-1
The Phreaker's Handbook, #1.
Misc/WATCH10A.EXE
Misc/watch10a.uu
See CuD 3.19 for more info.
Modus_Operandi/
Modus Operandi, Volume 1 No 1.
M00se_Droppings/
M00se Droppings, #1-51 (missing #50)
MoT/
Masters of Technology Newsletter, #1-2
NARC/
The Nuclear Anarchists/Phreakers/Hackers Digest, #1-10.
Networks/
Acceptable Use Policies for a number of networks, as they
appeared in 1990/1991.
See networks/Index for more information.
NFX/
The New Fone Express #1-3.
NIA/
The Network Information Access Newsletter, #1-74.
Contact elisem@nuchat.sccsi.com for more information
about NIA.
NSA/
National Security Anarchists #1.1-1.4.
Papers/
Various articles, publications, and guides.
Papers/asmp_copyright.paper
American Society of Media Photographers Copyright
Guide for Photographers
Papers/baudy.world
Appears in F. Schmalleger's "Computers In Criminal Justice"
``The Baudy World of the Byte Bandit: A Postmodernist
Interpretation of the Computer Underground''
by Gordon Meyer and Jim Thomas
Papers/bbs.and.the.law
The Electronic Pamphlet--Computer Bulletin Boards and the Law
by Michael H. Riddle
Papers/bbs.defamation
Defamation Liability of Computerized Bulletin Board
Operators and Problems of Proof
by John R. Kahn
Papers/bbs-media
Electronic Bulletin Boards and "Public Goods" Explanations
of Collaborative Mass Media
by Sheizaf Rafaeli and Robert J. LaRose
Papers/biblio
A bibliography of CU-related news articles.
by Bob Krause
Papers/cit.gzens.guide
A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act
102nd United States Congress
Papers/clinton-sgi
Remarks by President Bill Clinton and Vice President
Al Gore to employees of Silicon Graphics.
Papers/crime.puzzle
"Story" of sorts describing a view on the world in which
we live.
``Crime and Puzzlement'' by John Barlow (an EFF founder)
Papers/civil.disobedience
"Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau.
Papers/closing.the.net
"Closing The Net" by Greg Costikyan. Reproduced from
_Reason_ magazine with permission.
Papers/company-email
Formulating a Company Policy on Access to and Disclosure of
Electronic Mail on Company Computer Systems
by David R. Johnson and John Podesta for the
Electronic Mail Assocation
Papers/computer.crime
Computer Crime: Current Practices, Problems and
Proposed Solutions
by Brian J. Peretti
Papers/const.in.cyberspace
Laurence Tribe's keynote address at the first Conference
on Computers, Freedom, & Privacy. "The Constitution in
Cyberspace"
Papers/cpsr-alert
CPSR Alert 2.01
Papers/cpsr-platform
Computer and Information Technologies Platform
from the Peace and Justice Working Group of the
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR).
Papers/crime.puzzle
The 2600 Magazine article about Crime & Puzzlement.
Papers/cult-form
Papers/cult-form.ps
(Postscript)
Cultural Formations in Text-Based Virtual Realities
by Elizabeth Reid, thesis for Master of the Arts
Papers/cyberspace
Cyberspace and the Legal Matrix: Laws or Confusion?
by Lance Rose
Papers/denning
Paper presented to 13th Nat'l Comp Security Conf
``Concerning Hackers Who Break into Computer Systems''
by Dorothy E Denning
Papers/dennis.hayes
About Dennis Hayes' arrest & conviction for copyright
violation.
Papers/ecpa.layman
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986: A Layman's
View
by Michael H. Riddle
Papers/edwards_letter
A letter from the Director of the Secret Service to US
Rep. Don Edwards, D-California, in response to questions
raised by Edwards' Subcommittee. This copy came from
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility in
Washington, D.C.
Papers/electropolis.txt
Papers/electropolis.ps
(Postscript)
Electropolis: Communication & Community on Internet Relay Chat
by Elizabeth M. Reid
Papers/email_privacy
Article on the rights of email privacy.
by Ruel T. Hernandez
Papers/fbi.systems
A description of how information's stored on the FBI's
computer systems.
Papers/free-speech
Free Speech in Cyberspace: The First Amendment and the
Computer Hacker---Controversies of 1990.
by Robert R. Berry.
Papers/future
"Future Culture", about VR
by ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu
Papers/fyi-8
Network Working Group Site Security Handbook
Papers/gao-report
US General Accounting Office report intended as a feeler
to see if future electronic releases are of interest.
Papers/gender-issues
Gender Issues in Online Communications
by Hoai-An Truong
Papers/govt-dbases
Computerized Governmental Database Systems Containing
Personal Information and The Right to Privacy
by Lewis William Oleinick, M.P.Af.
Papers/hackers-league
The Hacker's League
Paper for creation of the Hacker's League
by Lee Felsenstein
Papers/history-net
The History of the Net
by Henry Edward Hardy
Papers/intro
Intro to the Computer Underground, by "The Butler"
Papers/joyce
Beyond the Orality/Literacy Dichotomy: James Joyce and
the Pre-History of Cyberspace
by Professor Donald F. Theall
Papers/leviathan
Searching for the Leviathan in Usenet
by Richard MacKinnon
Papers/len.rose
A compilation of information on Len Rose's situation in 1990.
Papers/len.rose.news
News articles on Len Rose.
Papers/lod_ss
The Secret Service, UUCP, and the Legion of Doom
by Kevin Mullet
Papers/media-class
A Class Like None Other: How the Traditional Media
Classifications Fail To Protect in the Electronic Frontier
by Jonathan Bell
Papers/memetics Memetics: The Nascent Science of Ideas and Their Transmission
by J. Peter Vajk
Papers/meyer
Masters Thesis:
The Social Organization of the Computer Underground
by Gordon Meyer
Papers/mindvox
Voices In My Head, MindVox: The Overture
by Patrick Karel Kroupa (Lord Digital)
Papers/morris.appeal
Robert Morris's appeal.
Papers/neidorf-script
Transcript of Craig Neidorf's trial, July 24, 1990.
Papers/netproposition
An FYI about the proposed NREN setup.
Papers/nightline-wire
Transcript of ABC's Nightline of May 22, 1992, on the
FBI, Privacy, and Proposed Wire-Tapping Legislation.
Featured are Marc Rotenberg of the CPSR and William
Sessions, Director of the FBI.
Papers/nii-agenda
The National Information Infrastructure: An Agenda for Action
Papers/oral-knowledge
Volume 1 Issue 3 of EJournal
``Oral Knowledge, Typographic Knowledge, Electronic
Knowledge: Speculations on the History of Ownership''
by Doug Brent
Papers/org-anal
Organizational Analysis in Computer Science
by Rob Kling
Papers/phreak.man
The Official Phreaker's Manual v1.1, Updated 2/14/87
Papers/presumed
Papers/presumed.ps
``Presumed Guilty'', from the Pittsburgh Press.
By Andrew Schneider and Mary Pat Flaherty
The `.ps' file is a Postscript-formatted version.
Papers/privacy
``Computer Privacy vs First and Fourth Amendment Rights''
by Michael S. Borella
Papers/riggs.brief
EFF Amicus Brief in the U.S. v. Riggs case challenging
computer-use prohibition in "hacker" defendant's sentencing
Papers/riggs_comment
United States v. Riggs: Jacking Into the Net With the
Illinois District Court
Article for the Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal,
by Jay Wood.
Papers/rights.of.expr
Rights of Expression in Cyberspace
by R. E. Baird
Papers/ripco-warrant
The search warrant for the Ripco BBS.
Papers/rivera
A transcript of Geraldo Rivera's ``Now It Can Be Told: Mad
Hackers' Key Party''.
Papers/sj-resp
Steve Jackson's response to the charges against him, denouncing
the government's actions.
Papers/sj-decision
The Decision of Judge Sparks in the case of Steve Jackson
Games Inc. v. United States Secret Service, USA, et al.
Papers/sundevil
A collection of information on Operation SunDevil by
the Epic nonprofit publishing project. Everything you
wanted to know but could never find.
Papers/supreme-court
The Supreme Court and Electronic Surveillance: A Study of
Originalism, the Fourth Amendment, and the Powers
of Law Enforcement.
by Mark Morley, of Loyola University Chicago.
Papers/sysops
What Files are Legal for Distribution on a BBS?
by Bob Mahoney, sysop of Exec-PC
Papers/theft.of.software
Article by William Cook, US Attorney in the Neidorf trial.
Papers/voices-well
Voices from the WELL: The Logic of the Virtual Commons
by Marc A. Smith
Papers/vr-baudrillard
Knocking on Heaven's Door: Leibniz, Baudrillard and
Virtual Reality
by C.J. Keep
Phantasy/
Phantasy, #1-18, 21-23
Phirst_Amendment/
Phirst Amendment, Vol. 1: #1-19
Phrack/
PHRACK Magazine. This now links you to the main Phrack
web site, instead of trying to keep a copy repository here.
P-H-UK/
P/H-UK (Phreak/Hack U.K.), #1-2
PHUC/
PHUC Magazine, #1-3
Phun/
PHun Magazine, #1-5.
Pirate/
Pirate Magazine, #1-5.
PPIC/
Phose-Phree-Inner-Circle, #1, 3-17 (#2 missing)
PPP/
P... Phield Phreakers Newsletter #1.
Privacy/
PRIVACY Forum Digest, #1.1 - 3.5.
PSYCHO/
PSYCHO magazine, #1-6 (in Spanish & English - en Espan~ol
y Ingles)
Pulse/
Pulse (Network Creep Productions), #1.
PxM-a_j//
popE x Mass = accelerated_jesus zine
Schools/
The policies of a number of schools.
See Schools/Index for a full list & description of these.
SLi/
Southern Lights incorporated, #1-4.
SoL/
Socioty of Lamers [sic], #18-21.
Surfpunk/
SURFPUNK Technical Journal, #1-105, plus extensive
index (in 00-index.txt).
SWoA/
Social Workers on Acid, #2
Synd/
The Syndicate Reports, #1-17, 20. [ If you have #18 or #19,
please send them in! We can't find them. ]
TADXF/
The Arrested Development X-Files, #0-2, 4-6, 8-9, 12
TAP/
The TAP Magazine Online, #1.
TNS/
Tolmes News Service (TNS), #1-29, 31-33, 35-36, 47, 50
TTP/
The Thrashing Pirana, #1.
TWaT/
The Winner ANSI Team (TWaT), #1-3
UPI/
United Phreaker's Inc. Magazine, #1.1-2.7.
URBAN/
Undaground Rap Blastin Asiatic Newsletter, #1-5
VAS/
Vaginal and Anal Secretions Newsletter, #1-3, 5-18,
20-23, 26-28, 32, 34-68, 70-78, 80-90, 92-93, 95-97,
99-100, 102-122. WARNING: Some issues of VAS contain
racist and other potentially offensive material, as well
as the usual cracking/phreaking fare.
WView/
The World View, #1.5-1.10, 2.0-2.5, 2.9. Issue 2.6 was
chewed by a mailer and is mostly reproduced in 2.7.
Xenon/
The Xenon Foundation's X Files, #0-9, 11-16 (issue 10
missing). NOTE: Issue 13 is corrupted about 1/2-way thru.