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vault_clearance: EUCLID
halo:
  classification: INTERNAL
  confidence: MEDIUM
  front: "19_Project_CorpseOfTheColossus — BOOK"
  custodian: "The Architect"
  created: 2026-03-30
  updated: 2026-03-28
  wing: UNASSESSED
  containment: "BOOK — bibliography + methods registry; not README / WORLDLINE / BOUNTY"
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# Corpse of the Colossus — BOOK

Canonical bibliography and methods registry for **19_Project_CorpseOfTheColossus** (stealth doctrine / topology — complement to Cerberus Head 3). Convention: [`BOOK_Protocol.md`](../BOOK_Protocol.md). Orientation: [`README.md`](README.md). Open work: [`BOUNTY_BOARD.md`](BOUNTY_BOARD.md) · [`WORLDLINE.md`](WORLDLINE.md). **Stealth vs defense-in-depth map:** [`FORM.md`](FORM.md). Add external refs here only when doctrine rows cite them (thin BOOK by design).


### Local registry slice (EYE / STAFF / STARS)

| Surface | Pointers |
|---------|----------|
| **EYEs** | Runs: [`README.md`](README.md) / [`WORLDLINE.md`](WORLDLINE.md) (if present). Registry: [`EYE_PROTOCOL.md`](../EYE_PROTOCOL.md) |
| **STAFF** | Runnable tools: [`STAFF_catalogue.json`](../STAFF_catalogue.json) — filter `project_dir` for this folder. |
| **STARS** | This file; rules: [`BOOK_Protocol.md`](../BOOK_Protocol.md). |
| **Audit sheet** | [`LOGGING_AND_REGISTRY_CHECKLIST.md`](../99_Archive/root_reports/2026-04/LOGGING_AND_REGISTRY_CHECKLIST.md) |


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## 1. Stealth, traffic analysis resistance, and systems security (curate)

| ID | Kind | Note | Identifier |
|----|------|------|------------|
| COTC-B1 | Stub | Academic refs for mix networks, padding, timing obfuscation — add only when doctrine text cites them | *See BOUNTY_BOARD* |

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## 2. Related vault surfaces (internal)

| ID | Kind | Note | Identifier |
|----|------|------|------------|
| COTC-B2 | Internal | Gate / edge | [`../17_Project_CerberusLantern/README.md`](../17_Project_CerberusLantern/README.md), [`../08_Project_Astronomicon/README.md`](../08_Project_Astronomicon/README.md) |

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## 3. Bounty → start here

| Workstream | Start with |
|------------|------------|
| Doctrine | [`README.md`](README.md), [`STEALTH_AND_TOPOLOGY.md`](STEALTH_AND_TOPOLOGY.md), [`FORM.md`](FORM.md) |
| Bounties O1–O6 | [`BOUNTY_BOARD.md`](BOUNTY_BOARD.md) → [`FORM.md`](FORM.md) §E |

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## STARS — US and international anchors

**Privacy-enhancing tech and open standards** (doctrine cites only — thin BOOK by design).

### How to read STARS (context)

**STARS** here are **PETs and standards** pointers for doctrine. They **illustrate design space**; **threat models** live in project doctrine, not in these URLs alone.

| ID | What this STAR denotes | Typical use in this BOOK | Not / caveats |
|----|-------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|
| COTC-S1 | Tor Project | **Anonymity** network docs and releases | Legal and network blocking contexts vary by country. |
| COTC-S2 | RFC Editor | **IETF** standards corpus | Same as other BOOKs: check obsoletes/updates. |
| COTC-S3 | EFF SSD | **Digital security** self-help | Education, not legal advice. |

| ID | Region | Kind | Note | Identifier |
|----|--------|------|------|------------|
| COTC-S1 | US / NGO | Anonymity network | Tor Project | [torproject.org](https://www.torproject.org/) |
| COTC-S2 | Multilateral | Internet standards corpus | IETF RFC Editor | [rfc-editor.org](https://www.rfc-editor.org/) |
| COTC-S3 | US | Digital rights advocacy / guides | EFF Surveillance Self-Defense | [ssd.eff.org](https://ssd.eff.org/) |

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*BOOK revision: 2026-04-01 — STARS context table.*