August 1993 - cypherpunks-legacy

Numeric IP address for ftp.eff.org?
by David Heck 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

would anyone happen to have the numeric ip address for eff.org or ftp.eff.org handy? I'd sure appreciate it.... Thanks, David

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Re: birth of Software Patent Institute
by peter honeyman 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

joe, thanks for setting me straight. peter

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Re: birth of Software Patent Institute
by jthomas＠kolanut.mitre.org 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

> > the first question to ask would be whether they're in > touch with LPF at all. > > the next question would be whether lpf is willing to work > with them. rms has never been known to put progress ahead > of politics. First, rms isn't the LPF. He's practically the FSF, and supports the LPF, but the two organizations aren't synonymous. Second, I believe the LPF has made an official statement that they will _not_ work with SPI. SPI is primarily funded by large holders of software patents, and LPF believes that this database will give patent holders an advantage in defending their patents in court (i.e. against suits by LPF to invalidate the patents). I'm not even a member of the LPF; you should write to them for their actual arguments. Third, I'm not sure this is appropriate to the list, unless someone expects to find "folklore" about public key cryptography that predates RSA, etc. Joe

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Re: birth of Software Patent Institute
by peter honeyman 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

> the first question to ask would be whether they're in touch with LPF at all. the next question would be whether lpf is willing to work with them. rms has never been known to put progress ahead of politics. peter

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The New Yorker, Yes, the New Yorker
by Peter Wayner 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

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Any PGP utils for Emacs?
by R.Tait＠bnr.co.uk 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

Does anyone have any elisp to integrate PGP into Emacs? I'm fed up of having to use VI to send/receive all my encrypted mail, and there's no point in me writing any code if someone already has. So, is there any out there? -Rick

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Returned mail: Host unknown
by Mail Delivery Subsystem 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 toad.com (TCP)... 550 Host unknown 554 cypherpunks(a)toad.com... 550 Host unknown (Valid name but no data [address]) ----- Unsent message follows ----- Received: by access.digex.net id AA01895 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for cypherpunks(a)toad.com) Wed, 11 Aug 1993 07:58:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 07:58:38 -0400 From: Peter Wayner <pcw> There is a bit of funny satire in the New Yorker this week. (This is the Aug 16th issue with the funny Bruce McCall painting of a Zeppelin park and the stories about AIDS and the Muppets.) It's aimed at the proposed "V" chip that would allow parents to protect their children from televised violence by shutting off the "violence" mode of the television. The central broadcasters would be required to include a signal saying, "Hey, we're going to be busting some heads in this show. Turn yourself off if the owners don't want you showing violent things." Given that we're talking alot about Big Bubba chips like this, I'll grab a few excerpts: "Sorry. I have a brand-new daughter and I'm already aware of the grim reality: technologically speaking it's us against them-- us the parents, against them, the kids. My kid, Gabrielle, is only five weeks old, and somehow she has already learned how to manipulate the signal from her baby monitor so as to jam my microwave and VCR when she's cranky." "Her mother and I have just hired a pediatric counter-insurgency expert from the Rand Corporation to assist us in eavesdropping on and, if necessary, interdicting some of the electronic conversation that our daughter is involved in." The piece is uneven in spots and given to a few dull jokes, but I thought I would send a blip across your radar screen. -Peter

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patent on remote cash transactions?
by peb＠PROCASE.COM 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

American Public Radio reported yesterday that some company was granted a broad patent on remote cash transactions--they mentioned an article in the NYTimes recently (NYT does patent reporting on Saturday typically, but sometimes they do it in the business section on other days; I don't get NYT anymore...); anyone here more about this? Is this yet another example of bozo software patents? If anyone finds out more, please post. Paul E. Baclace peb(a)procase.com

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NIST call for comments on SKIPJACK
by bart＠netcom.com 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

From the Clarinet.Newsbytes.Govt: Written comments (from anyone) on the proposed standard are due by September 28, 1993, to Director, Computer Systems Laboratory, Attn: Proposed FIPS for Escrowed Encryption Standard, B154 Technology Bldg., NIST, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-0001.

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AAAS-ABA `Ethics of Computers' conference announcement
by L. Detweiler 11 Aug '93

11 Aug '93

As the forwarder writes: >I have forwarded this notice because I feel that the "cypherpunk" point of >view could profitably be presented at such a forum. Is there anyone out there >who feels up to putting the case forward in this academic setting? I hope so. > >Yours in plaintext. > >cjl "Keep on 'crypting." ===cut=here=== Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 15:18:21 EDT From: cjl(a)micro.med.cornell.edu (Chris Leonard) Message-Id: <9308101918.AA12387@ micro.med.cornell.edu> Subject: for your information Reprinted from SCIENCE magazine July 30, 1993 vol.261 pg. 632 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx NETWORK ETHICS: A CALL FOR PAPERS The AAAS-ABA National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS) invites proposals for original papers for presentation at a two-and-a-half day invitational conference on "Legal, Ethical, and Technological Aspects of Computer and Network Use and Abuse." Forty participants representing a diverse set of perspectives and areas of expertise will present papers at the conference which will be held in southern California in mid-December 1993. Up to three successful applicants will receive travel expenses and room and board at teh conference. Papers will be included in the conference proceedings and may be published subsequently in a book or journal symposium. The conference will focus on the ways in which the law, ethics, and technology can influence the bounds of the bounds of acceptable behavior and foster the development of positive human values in a shared computer environment. Participants will address handling unwanted intrusions into computer software or networks, including unauthorized entry and dissemination of viruses through networks or shared disks. Also on the agenda: access to information, privacy, security, and equity; the role of computer users, academic institutions, industry, profesional soceities, government, and the law in defining and maintaining legal and ethical standards for the use of computer networks; and a policy agenda for implementing these standards. Although participants may address any aspect of the conference theme, papers reporting empirical research, surveys of computer users, and case studies (other than those that are already well known) are especially encouraged. If you are interested in participating in the conference, please forward a summary or outline of no more than 500 words, together with a one-page resume and a brief statement detailing how your expertise or perspective would contribute to the meeting. These proposals will be reviewed by an advisory committee convened by NCLS and successful applicants will be asked to prepare papers for the meeting. Participants must submit an original previously unpublished paper, between 5000 and 8000 words (25 to 30 double-spaced pages) in length. Proposals must be received by 5 pm EST 15 Sept. 1993. Applicants selected to prepare papers will be informed by 1 October, and draft papers will be due 3 December 1993. Final versions of the papers, revised in light of conference discussions, will be due approximately two months after the conference. NCLS is an organization sponsored jointly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Bar Association, dedicated to improving communication between members of the legal and scientific/ technical professions and exploring issues at the intersection of law, science, and technology. Funding for this meeting has been providesd by the Program on Ethics and Vales Studies of the National Science Foundation. For further information or to submit paper abstracts and accompanying materials, please contact Deborah Runkle, Directorate for Science & Policy Programs, AAAS, 1333 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202-326-660, Fax: 202-289- 4950. E-mail: values(a)gwuvm.gwu.edu. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------- End of Forwarded Message

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