i’m pretty certain i’ll need to reference these in the next six months or so:

• first delurking on usenet, 1 october 1990 [groups.google.com]

• first sigblock, 4 october 1990 [groups.google.com]

  JANET aem@uk.ac.aber
  INET: aem@cs.aber.ac.uk (or possibly aem@aber.ac.uk)
  UUCP: …!mcsun!ukc!aber-cs!aem
  ARPA: aem%uk.ac.aber.cs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk aem%uk.ac.aber@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
  BITNET: <play around with aem%aber@ukacrl, ok?>
  SNAIL: Alec Muffett, Computer Unit, Llandinam Building,
  UCW Campus, Aberystwyth, UK, SY23 3DB
  

• first public posting of crack, 15 july 1991 [groups.google.com]

• first fud-laden, comprehensively negative reaction to crack, 9 august 1991 … [groups.google.com]

• …and subsequent defense by dan farmer… [groups.google.com]

• …and kent landfield, amongst others… [groups.google.com]

• idea for the first usenet security faq, 23 january 1992 [groups.google.com]

…damn, and I remember all this like it was only 13 years ago.