October 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

CDR: RE: Wired News tech scorecard for U.S. House of Representatives
by Carskadden, Rush 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Everyone, Just a quick observation here. According to the Wired chart, it appears that the Republicans average roughly 49.85058296 and the Democrats average roughly 47.27853081 on the Wired News scale, with one representative being independent (Bernard Sanders), and one representative with an "A" for their party designation (Spencer Bachus). Here's my Republicans vs. Democrats breakdown of the Wired News chart: Party | Republican | Democrat | ----------------------------------- HR2301 | 0.181818182 | 0.343137255 | ----------------------------------- HR3615 | 0.153846154 | 0.024509804 | ----------------------------------- HR3709 | 0.958715596 | 0.697115385 | ----------------------------------- HR3125 | 0.218009479 | 0.575129534 | ----------------------------------- HR1501 | 0.440909091 | 0.908653846 | ----------------------------------- HR10 | 0.522522523 | 0.058252427 | ----------------------------------- HR1714 | 0.986175115 | 0.695652174 | ----------------------------------- total | 3.381165919 | 3.203791469 | ----------------------------------- votes | 6.798206278 | 6.777251185 | ----------------------------------- score | 49.85058296 | 47.27853081 | ----------------------------------- These are all just averages, and I omitted the "A" and "I" designated representatives. In regards to the "A" designated representative, Spencer Bachus, I think the "A" is an error. I was under the impression that he was a Republican. If he is, in fact, a Republican, then that changes our averages slightly: Party | Republican | Democrat | ----------------------------------- HR2301 | 0.180995475 | 0.343137255 | ----------------------------------- HR3615 | 0.153110048 | 0.024509804 | ----------------------------------- HR3709 | 0.95890411 | 0.697115385 | ----------------------------------- HR3125 | 0.216981132 | 0.575129534 | ----------------------------------- HR1501 | 0.438914027 | 0.908653846 | ----------------------------------- HR10 | 0.520179372 | 0.058252427 | ----------------------------------- HR1714 | 0.986238532 | 0.695652174 | ----------------------------------- total | 3.375 | 3.203791469 | ----------------------------------- votes | 6.799107143 | 6.777251185 | ----------------------------------- score | 49.75558036 | 47.27853081 | ----------------------------------- Which still puts Republicans in more of a hands-off strategy for technology, according to voting history. If Spencer Bachus is not a Republican, then please tell me what the hell an "A" party designation stands for. If you are interested in seeing TOTALS as opposed to AVERAGES, here is your chart: Party | Republican | Democrat | ----------------------------------- HR2301 | 40 | 70 | ----------------------------------- HR3615 | 32 | 5 | ----------------------------------- HR3709 | 210 | 145 | ----------------------------------- HR3125 | 46 | 111 | ----------------------------------- HR1501 | 97 | 189 | ----------------------------------- HR10 | 116 | 12 | ----------------------------------- HR1714 | 215 | 144 | ----------------------------------- total | 756 | 676 | ----------------------------------- votes | 1523 | 1430 | ----------------------------------- Again, it is entirely possible that my information is incorrect. I do recommend that you do the research yourself, as relying too much on these numbers means relying on numbers collected by a media source and in turn sorted and re-calculated by some punk-ass on the cypherpunks mailing list. To the best of my knowledge, however, this looks right. What alarms me is that though there is a slight difference in the overall score between Republicans and Democrats, neither party has a very strong leaning one way or the other, which illustrates the frustrations that a two-party system creates for those of us who would like to see a strong stance (either way) on the issue of government regulation of technology. I anxiously await any speculation that might take place on this list regarding how Libertarian representatives might have voted had they been in there, but the fact is that we live in a two-party system for the time being, and if we feel strongly about these issues, we need to accept that our representation may not be hearing us. Is it because we aren't speaking loudly enough on these issues? ok, Rush Carskadden -----Original Message----- From: Declan McCullagh [mailto:declan@well.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 11:15 AM To: Cypherpunks Mailing List Cc: fight-censorship(a)vorlon.mit.edu Subject: Wired News tech scorecard for U.S. House of Representatives At Wired News, we've compiled a list of the technology voting records of each member of the U.S. House of Representatives. That meant picking seven tech bills and grading all 435 legislators -- at least the ones who showed up those days -- on their floor votes. If they chose to take a hands-off approach, they got a "1", while regulatory votes got a "0." (If you disagree with us, flip the scale around.) Here's the list sorted by last name (scoll down to find your legislator): http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39637,00.html Sorted by score, with the two California reps with 100 percent at the top: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39636,00.html And a summary of the results, with some methodology: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39625,00.html Some interesting results: Purported privacy advocates like Democrat Ed Markey didn't score well, getting a 33% of 100%, in part because of his opposition to financial privacy legislation. Republican Bob Goodlatte, Internet caucus co-chair, got just 43% because of his support for speech and gambling restrictions. -Declan The floor votes scored: HR2031: A vote to restrict online sales of alcohol. (No is 1) HR3615: A vote to create a new federal agency to spend $1.25 billion on rural TV service. (No is 1) HR3709: A vote to extend a temporary federal ban on Internet taxes. (Yes is 1) HR3125: A vote to prohibit Internet gambling. (No is 1) HR1501: A vote on an amendment to restrict the sale of violent material such as videogames to anyone under the age of 18. (No is 1) HR10: A vote on an amendment to protect financial privacy by restricting government monitoring of bank accounts. (Yes is 1) HR1714: A vote to allow the use of electronic signatures. (Yes is 1)

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CDR: Congress proposes raiding census records.
by Trei, Peter 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Let us remember that the last time the privacy of census records were violated on this scale, they were used to imprison tens of thousands of law abiding American citizens, whose only crime was to have Japanese ancestry. Peter Trei ------------- http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/23/opinion/23MONK.html (free registration required) New York Times, 23 October, 2000 My Data, Mine to Keep Private By LINDA R. MONK WASHINGTON -- I was one of those paranoid Americans who chose not to answer all questions on the long form of the 2000 census. My husband and I decided that the government did not need to know, or had other ways of finding out, what time we left for work, how much our mortgage payment was or the amount of our income that came from wages. We were willing to risk the $100 fine to take a stand for individual privacy in an increasingly nosy and automated age. Editorial writers across the nation chided people like us for being so silly, insisting that only right-wing nuts with delusions of jackbooted federal invaders could possibly object to the census. Think of all the poor women who need day care and disabled people who depend on public transportation, we were told. And don't listen to the warnings of Trent Lott, the Senate majority leader - they're just another Republican ploy to get a low count on the census. Now, however, my concerns don't appear quite so ridiculous. The Congressional Budget Office, with the surprising help of some Congressional Republicans, is angling to get its hands on Census Bureau files. The budget office wants to create a "linked data set" on individuals - using information from the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration and Census Bureau surveys - to help it evaluate proposed reforms in Medicare and Social Security. Under current law, census data on individuals can be used only to benefit the Census Bureau, which has balked at turning over files to the budget office without greater assurances of individual privacy. However, the Congressional number crunchers are not taking no for an answer. Republicans may tack an amendment allowing Congress access to census data onto an appropriations bill before Congress adjourns for the elections. The records the budget office wants are not themselves from the 2000 Census; they are voluntary responses to monthly surveys, with confidentiality promised. Forcing the bureau to give them up would set a disturbing precedent. Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta, who supervises the Census Bureau, warned Congress this month that amending the census law would "seriously compromise" the department's ability to safeguard taxpayers' privacy and "to assure continued high response rates of the American public to census surveys." Chip Walker, a spokesman for Representative Dan Miller, a Florida Republican who chairs the House subcommittee on the census, sees no problem with congressional access to census data. "The Census Bureau is the government, and Congress is the government," he said. Well, that's exactly what I'm afraid of. It's not surprising that a federal agency that stockpiles information would be raided by other federal agencies. If Congress changes the census law, the government will be well on its way to becoming another Amazon.com, which abruptly and retroactively weakened its privacy policy this year. I expected as much, because I don't believe either the government or businesses when they promise me privacy. That's why I routinely lie about personal information when applying for shoppers' discount cards and the like. And it's why I don't answer invasive questions on census forms. Keep your hands off my data set.

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CDR: FW: House Republicans consider Census database, from NY Times
by Trei, Peter 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

The last time they did this, tens of thousands of law abiding American citizens were placed in prison camps, for no reason other than their ethnicity. Peter Trei > ---------- > From: Declan McCullagh[SMTP:declan@well.com] > Reply To: declan(a)well.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:29 PM > To: politech(a)politechbot.com > Subject: FC: House Republicans consider Census database, from NY > Times > > > ****** > > From: Steve Hutto <SHutto(a)Policy-Studies.com> > To: "'declan(a)well.com'" <declan(a)well.com> > Subject: politech submission > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:21:36 -0600 > > Hi Declan, love the list. Apologies if you're already tracking this... > > Op-Ed from the NY Times 10/23/2000 > "My Data, Mine to Keep Private" by Linda R. Monk > http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/23/opinion/23MONK.html > > Scary opinion about House Republicans looking at creating a "linked data > set" between Census Bureau files and the IRS and SSA. Any meat to this > one? > > Excerpt: > "Under current law, census data on individuals can be used only to > benefit the Census Bureau, which has balked at turning over files > to the budget office without greater assurances of individual > privacy. However, the Congressional number crunchers are not taking > no for an answer. Republicans may tack an amendment allowing > Congress access to census data onto an appropriations bill before > Congress adjourns for the elections." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology > You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. > To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html > This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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EZ-Pass discovers risk of sending URLs instead of actual text
by danny burstein 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

In a story datelined 24-Oct-2000, and headlined: New Jersey shuts down E-ZPass statement site after security breached The Associated Press reported on a problem with privacy and security on the New Jersey EZPASS website where people can review their usage. (EZPass is a radio transponder placed in your motor vehicle which is "read" at toll booths, enabling you to zip through without having to stop and hand over cash. Naturally it keeps records of when and where you were for billing purposes... Which is another RISK all together) Per the story: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A security breach has forced New Jersey officials to temporarily shut down a service that allows E-ZPass users to get monthly statements via e-mail. The story contains claims and counter-claims, some of which are mutually exclusive, but then has the following paragraph: Reagoso said Monday that it wasn't hard to break into the system. He discovered that the electronic statements aren't sent directly to drivers via e-mail, but rather drivers are provided with a link to access their accounts. Presumably the link for, say, October would have been something like www.[the number of your account].200010.[somelocation] and all you'd have to do is replace your own account number with the person's you were looking for. Quoting one more paragraph from the story: "It's something that an eighth-grader who designs his own Web page at home is capable of doing," Reagoso said. "It took four accidental keystrokes to display anybody's account." I just checked the EZPass website (www.ezpass.com) and they don't have any comments posted... [It turns out Mr. Reagoso has his own website: http://www.reagoso.com in which he says a bit more. DB]

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EZ-Pass discovers risk of sending URLs instead of actual text
by danny burstein 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

In a story datelined 24-Oct-2000, and headlined: New Jersey shuts down E-ZPass statement site after security breached The Associated Press reported on a problem with privacy and security on the New Jersey EZPASS website where people can review their usage. (EZPass is a radio transponder placed in your motor vehicle which is "read" at toll booths, enabling you to zip through without having to stop and hand over cash. Naturally it keeps records of when and where you were for billing purposes... Which is another RISK all together) Per the story: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A security breach has forced New Jersey officials to temporarily shut down a service that allows E-ZPass users to get monthly statements via e-mail. The story contains claims and counter-claims, some of which are mutually exclusive, but then has the following paragraph: Reagoso said Monday that it wasn't hard to break into the system. He discovered that the electronic statements aren't sent directly to drivers via e-mail, but rather drivers are provided with a link to access their accounts. Presumably the link for, say, October would have been something like www.[the number of your account].200010.[somelocation] and all you'd have to do is replace your own account number with the person's you were looking for. Quoting one more paragraph from the story: "It's something that an eighth-grader who designs his own Web page at home is capable of doing," Reagoso said. "It took four accidental keystrokes to display anybody's account." I just checked the EZPass website (www.ezpass.com) and they don't have any comments posted... [It turns out Mr. Reagoso has his own website: http://www.reagoso.com in which he says a bit more. DB]

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CDR: Wired News tech scorecard for U.S. House of Representatives
by Declan McCullagh 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

At Wired News, we've compiled a list of the technology voting records of each member of the U.S. House of Representatives. That meant picking seven tech bills and grading all 435 legislators -- at least the ones who showed up those days -- on their floor votes. If they chose to take a hands-off approach, they got a "1", while regulatory votes got a "0." (If you disagree with us, flip the scale around.) Here's the list sorted by last name (scoll down to find your legislator): http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39637,00.html Sorted by score, with the two California reps with 100 percent at the top: http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39636,00.html And a summary of the results, with some methodology: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39625,00.html Some interesting results: Purported privacy advocates like Democrat Ed Markey didn't score well, getting a 33% of 100%, in part because of his opposition to financial privacy legislation. Republican Bob Goodlatte, Internet caucus co-chair, got just 43% because of his support for speech and gambling restrictions. -Declan The floor votes scored: HR2031: A vote to restrict online sales of alcohol. (No is 1) HR3615: A vote to create a new federal agency to spend $1.25 billion on rural TV service. (No is 1) HR3709: A vote to extend a temporary federal ban on Internet taxes. (Yes is 1) HR3125: A vote to prohibit Internet gambling. (No is 1) HR1501: A vote on an amendment to restrict the sale of violent material such as videogames to anyone under the age of 18. (No is 1) HR10: A vote on an amendment to protect financial privacy by restricting government monitoring of bank accounts. (Yes is 1) HR1714: A vote to allow the use of electronic signatures. (Yes is 1)

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CDR: Zero-Knowledge Open-Sources Linux Client
by anonymous＠openpgp.net 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

from the privacy-for-all dept. jailbreakist writes "Zero-Knowledge Systems, a Montreal based privacy software company, has released the source code to their Linux client. The software in question provides anonymous web browsing, pseudonymous email, form filling, cookie management and more. You can get the source at opensource.zeroknowledge.com. The source is available under the MPL, and our clientshim and Yarrow (random number generation) implementations are under GPL."

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CDR: New ID system keeps tabs on kids
by Secret Squirrel 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

"Mooooo" say air passengers. "Baaaaa" say students. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 19:42:05 -0400 Newsgroups: alt.privacy Subject: New ID system keeps tabs on kids Students have their ID Cards scanned at the start of the school day at Bensalem High School By Denise Clay SPECIAL TO THE PREMIERE dclay(a)calkinsnewspapers.com Getting into Bensalem High School now requires identification, but not any card will do. Students have begun using photo identification cards connected to the school's new Comprehensive Attendance Administration and Security System. The cards have the student's name and other information encoded n them. A computerized reader scans them. The systen is designed to help school officials monitor students' comings and goings. In the future, the electronic screens at the ID stations will show if a student has been suspended and shouldn't be in school. The monitors will also sing "Happy Birthday" to a student on the appropriate day. Six identification stations are located at the front entrance of the school, said Princial Elliott Lewis. One station is staffed with a hall monitor all day. Students have been adjusting to the Windows 95-based system and the additional responsibilities connected to it, officials say. "The kids have been responding well," said Natalie Knable, assistant principal. "They've been carrying their IDs." Those who forget are given a temporary pass after signing in at the ID station.

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CDR: Killing Judges
by John Young 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

What has happened lately in the killing judges world? There was a spate of cases and a couple of jokers got vised, but any recently? I mean in the US, not elsewhere it's acceptable culling. Is Jeff still here hoping for another gold star, is Tim still being bullseyed for "he's gone too far, make him an example." Crypto-assassin CJ's still emitting judicial mock, with filthy, disgusting heavals from Three Rivers, TX. Course, the flung bung wads could be Jeff's plying your honor.

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CDR: Re: Risk and insurance
by Bill Stewart 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Archives are on www.inet-one.com At 02:50 PM 10/23/00 +0300, Sampo A Syreeni wrote: >On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Tim May wrote: > >>The book I recommended a week or two ago, Judea Pearl's "Causality," >>is much more advanced in its mathematics. (But the math is important >>if one is actually trying to construct the causality diagrams Pearl >>is talking about.) > >Would it be too much to ask you to recant the main point made? It sounds >pretty interesting... > >Sampo Syreeni <decoy(a)iki.fi>, aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki university > > > > Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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CDR: Illicit words
by Bruce J.A. Nourish 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

I read somewhere that the FBI/NSA/some other Big Bro. organisation has a list of words that they check your email against, and if they find any, they have someone read your mail. Anyone know what they are? TIA & HAND -- Bruce J.A. Nourish (keys - see header) <kode187(a)galadriel.kode187.net>

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CDR: Declan My Lai
by John Young 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

Declan, Pounding out the hundreds of deathless reports you've done did you dream it would be the Gore My Lai that got you onto the NYTimes opinion page today?

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CDR: 645,835 Search Engines/Resubmission Every Month.
by 645,101 Search Engines. 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

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CDR: QuickBooks format
by Svetoslav Ivanov 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

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CDR: judges needing killing...
by anonymous＠openpgp.net 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

Oct 19, 2000 - 06:55 AM California Court Declines to Review Vehicle Forfeiture Law The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The state Supreme Court has declined to review a ruling allowing police to seize vehicles suspected of use in crimes such as drug dealing or soliciting a prostitute. Without comment, a majority of justices Wednesday decided not to hear the American Civil Liberties Unions challenge to Oaklands 1997 vehicle seizure law. Under the law, a car can be confiscated even if the crime suspect using the vehicle is acquitted, or the cars owner was unaware of the crime. The measure exceeds state and federal standards. The ACLU argued that cities looking to profit from seizures would enact similar measures. So far, Sacramento has put a comparable law on its books but San Francisco lawmakers shelved the idea last month, concluding it was unconstitutional. Since passing the "nuisance abatement" act, Oakland has collected, sold and kept the profits from 300 cars. The impetus "was really complaints from certain communities which were essentially drive-thru sex-and-drug bazaars. People were sick of having lines of cars in their streets with this activity going on," said Oakland Deputy City Attorney Pelayo Llamas. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAWJXNBIEC.html

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CDR: Important Membership Information
by announce＠inbox.nytimes.com 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

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CDR: Any Comments?
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

This sounds a little far-fetched to me. At the very least there have to be lots of items missed every day... http://cryptome.org/dark-spy.htm Mike

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CDR: Re: why should it be trusted?
by An Metet 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

At 23:31 -0700 10/22/00, Tim May wrote: > As I wrote in my previous article, IT IS NOT TRUE that private > hospitals must accept all those who appear at their doorstep. This > would be a "taking," and is not constitutionally permissable. Unfortunately, I'd bet it's just a matter of time until some protected minority successfully sues such a hospital for "discriminating" against them for their assumed inability to pay. i.e. "They *assumed* I couldn't pay my bills I'm black and don't have insurance. How dare they turn me away, racists!" It doesn't seem to require much of a leap to go from "Denny's is public and can't refuse to serve blacks" to "St. John's is public and can't refuse to serve blacks." Hospitals will, of course, remain "free" to turn away adult white heterosexual males.

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CDR: Zero-Knowledge -- Open Source Initiative = Responsible Privacy
by Declan McCullagh 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

>From: kcory(a)redwhistle.com >X-Lotus-FromDomain: WEBER >To: declan(a)well.com >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:22:26 -0700 >Subject: Zero-Knowledge -- Open Source Initiative = Responsible Privacy > > > >Hi Declan, > >I wanted to let you know that Zero-Knowledge Systems today announced that >it has >open-sourced its Freedom Linux client, the first step in its initiative to >disseminate privacy protocols and encourage pervasive privacy standards by >open >sourcing its entire Freedom network and software. > >Through its open source initiative, Zero-Knowledge is pioneering a movement >toward responsible privacy by inviting software developers and >cryptographers to >test and improve upon the Freedom code. Only by opening the math and >cryptography behind privacy tools to industry examination can >Zero-Knowledge and >other privacy companies truly prove the efficacy of their privacy solutions. >I've included the announcement below for your information. > >If you would like further information or would like to speak with a >Zero-Knowledge executive about the open source initiative, please call me at >(503) 332-0204. > >Best regards, >Kristy Cory >for Zero-Knowledge >kcory(a)redwhistle.com >503-332-0204 > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > ZERO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS RELEASES SOURCE CODE OF ITS NEW LINUX FREEDOM 2.0 > CLIENT; ANNOUNCES OPEN SOURCING OF FREEDOM PRIVACY SUITE > > --Source release demonstrates Zero-Knowledge Systems >' commitment to creating > open > standards and ubiquitous privacy technologies that benefit all Internet > users-- > > Montreal ? October 23, 2000 ? Zero-Knowledge® Systems Inc., the leading > developer of privacy solutions for consumers and companies, today > released the > source code of its next-generation Linux Freedom client. The company also > announced its commitment to open sourcing the entire award-winning Freedom® > privacy suite. > > This open source initiative demonstrates the company's commitment to > creating > open standards and ubiquitous privacy technologies that benefit all Internet > users. Using Freedom code developed by Zero-Knowledge, developers, > cryptographers and standards bodies will be able to build new open protocols > and technologies for protecting privacy. > > As the recognized privacy leader, Zero-Knowledge is fulfilling its > commitment > to deploy consumer products that are open and transparent in order to allow > anyone to verify how they perform. The release of source code provides the > software development and security communities the necessary proof that > Freedom > alone empowers consumers to trust only themselves with their data and > privacy. > > "Responsible privacy begins with privacy providers being open and > transparent > with their users. Zero-Knowledge is demonstrating its leadership by > releasing > the source code to Freedom and facilitating the creation of necessary > privacy > standards," said Mike Shaver, Chief Software Officer of Zero-Knowledge > Systems. > "We encourage other privacy companies to do the same." > > "Open source desktop users have a need for powerful privacy tools which > facilitate their use of network services. At Helix Code we are building a > world-class open source desktop environment that gives the user very > intimate > access to web services, and so privacy is especially important to our > users," > said Nat Friedman, Chief Executive Officer of Helix Code, the leading open > source desktop software and services company. "Now that Zero-Knowledge > System's > Freedom privacy suite will be open sourced and available for Linux, this > important need is finally being addressed. This is a big win for the open > source community." > > Freedom 2.0 for Windows (95/98, 2000, NT, Me) and Linux will be > available for > Internet users before Christmas 2000. The 2.0 version for Windows will > include > new features and performance enhancements requested by the Freedom user > community. A Macintosh version of Freedom is expected in 2001. Among other > accolades, Freedom was named 2000's "Most Promising Internet Newcomer" by PC > World and called "the Rolls-Royce of privacy software" by Yahoo! > Internet Life. > > The entire source code to the Linux version of the Freedom privacy suite, > released under the Mozilla Public License 1.1 and other Open Source? > licenses, > is available for download at http://opensource.zeroknowledge.com. > Zero-Knowledge will next release the source code to the Windows client > and to > the server software that powers the Freedom Network, a globally-distributed > network of servers operated by service providers and independent > operators that > route Freedom traffic. > > Freedom is the first commercial product that empowers Internet users to > fully > control their identities and personal information on the Internet without > having to trust their data to an ISP, privacy company or other third party. > Freedom transparently encrypts and reroutes Internet traffic, preventing the > accidental release of information that could compromise personal privacy > online. 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CDR: Re: Insurance (was: why should it be trusted?)
by Anonymous 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

> > I believe that the standard argument is "Eliminate the commons." (by > > auctioning off to the highest bidder perhaps) > > > > So who gets the bid on the environment ? There are some commons > that can not be eliminated so easily. Generally, this would be water and air. If someone pollutes the air over their land, that's ok. As soon as the pollution crosses into your land, you sue for damages. People are concerned about the long term value of their property, so they will have a disincentive to pollute. Not only do you have people holed up in their bunkers, awaiting the arrival of the grim crypto-reaper, but everyone has a lawyer or 4 on staff.

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CDR: data
by Mike Brown 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

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WPI Cryptoseminar, Wed, Oct 25
by Christof Paar 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

WPI Cryptography Seminar Implementing New Public-Key Schemes Prof. Berk Sunar ECE Department, WPI Wednesday, October 25 4:30 pm, AK 218 (refreshments at 4:15 pm) ABSTRACT: In this talk "new" public-key schemes are briefly introduced, namely Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptosystems, NTRU, and XTR. Implementation aspects of related algorithms are analyzed and complexity measures of the algorithms used in the implementation of these new PK-schemes are discussed. The talk will conclude with the presentation of future research ideas and implementation results of current practices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS: The WPI Cryptoseminar is being held in the Atwater Kent building on the WPI campus. The Atwater Kent building is at the intersection of the extension of West Street (labeled "Private Way") and Salisbury Street. Directions to the campus can be found at http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/directions.html ATTENDANCE: The seminar is open to everyone and free of charge. Simply send me a brief email if you plan to attend. TALKS IN THE FALL 2000 SEMESTER: 9/27 Christof Paar et al., WPI Elliptic Curve Cryptography on Smart Cards without Coprocessors 10/11 Prof. William Martin, WPI Introduction to resilient and correlation-immune boolean functions 10/25 Prof. Berk Sunar, WPI Implementing New Public-Key Schemes 11/9 Susan Landau, Sun Microsystems Laboratories Have the Crypto Wars Been Won? 11/22 Seth Hardy, WPI Elliptic Curve Point Counting with the CM Method in Java 12/6 Scott Guthery, Mobile-Mind Who are You? Novel Means of Human Authentication TBA Adam Woodbury, WPI Public-key Cryptography in Constraint Environments (MS Thesis presentation) See http://www.ece.WPI.EDU/Research/crypt/seminar/index.html for talk abstracts. MAILING LIST: If you want to be added to the mailing list and receive talk announcements together with abstracts, please send me a short email. Likewise, if you want to be removed from the list, just send me a short email. Regards, Christof Paar ! WORKSHOP ON CRYPTOGRAPHIC HARDWARE AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (CHES 2001) ! ! Paris, France, May 13-16, 2001 ! ! www.chesworkshop.org ! *********************************************************************** Christof Paar, Assistant Professor Cryptography and Information Security (CRIS) Group ECE Dept., WPI, 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609, USA fon: (508) 831 5061 email: christof(a)ece.wpi.edu fax: (508) 831 5491 www: http://ee.wpi.edu/People/faculty/cxp.html *********************************************************************** For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "dcsb-request(a)reservoir.com" with one line of text: "help". --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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WPI Cryptoseminar, Wed, Oct 25
by Christof Paar 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

WPI Cryptography Seminar Implementing New Public-Key Schemes Prof. Berk Sunar ECE Department, WPI Wednesday, October 25 4:30 pm, AK 218 (refreshments at 4:15 pm) ABSTRACT: In this talk "new" public-key schemes are briefly introduced, namely Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptosystems, NTRU, and XTR. Implementation aspects of related algorithms are analyzed and complexity measures of the algorithms used in the implementation of these new PK-schemes are discussed. The talk will conclude with the presentation of future research ideas and implementation results of current practices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS: The WPI Cryptoseminar is being held in the Atwater Kent building on the WPI campus. The Atwater Kent building is at the intersection of the extension of West Street (labeled "Private Way") and Salisbury Street. Directions to the campus can be found at http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/directions.html ATTENDANCE: The seminar is open to everyone and free of charge. Simply send me a brief email if you plan to attend. TALKS IN THE FALL 2000 SEMESTER: 9/27 Christof Paar et al., WPI Elliptic Curve Cryptography on Smart Cards without Coprocessors 10/11 Prof. William Martin, WPI Introduction to resilient and correlation-immune boolean functions 10/25 Prof. Berk Sunar, WPI Implementing New Public-Key Schemes 11/9 Susan Landau, Sun Microsystems Laboratories Have the Crypto Wars Been Won? 11/22 Seth Hardy, WPI Elliptic Curve Point Counting with the CM Method in Java 12/6 Scott Guthery, Mobile-Mind Who are You? Novel Means of Human Authentication TBA Adam Woodbury, WPI Public-key Cryptography in Constraint Environments (MS Thesis presentation) See http://www.ece.WPI.EDU/Research/crypt/seminar/index.html for talk abstracts. MAILING LIST: If you want to be added to the mailing list and receive talk announcements together with abstracts, please send me a short email. Likewise, if you want to be removed from the list, just send me a short email. Regards, Christof Paar ! WORKSHOP ON CRYPTOGRAPHIC HARDWARE AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (CHES 2001) ! ! Paris, France, May 13-16, 2001 ! ! www.chesworkshop.org ! *********************************************************************** Christof Paar, Assistant Professor Cryptography and Information Security (CRIS) Group ECE Dept., WPI, 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609, USA fon: (508) 831 5061 email: christof(a)ece.wpi.edu fax: (508) 831 5491 www: http://ee.wpi.edu/People/faculty/cxp.html *********************************************************************** For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "dcsb-request(a)reservoir.com" with one line of text: "help". --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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CDR: give me
by Bernie B. Terrado 23 Oct '00

23 Oct '00

please give me an encrypted value I need one. I'll use it as a key. Bernie

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