October 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

CDR: judges needing killing...
by anonymous＠openpgp.net 24 Oct '00

24 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 24 Oct '00

24 Oct '00

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CDR: Any Comments?
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 24 Oct '00

24 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 24 Oct '00

24 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 24 Oct '00

24 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. Users create multiple digital identities (pseudonyms, or "nyms") > that > they can associate with their Internet activities. > > About Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc. > > Founded in 1997, Zero-Knowledge Systems (http://www.zeroknowledge.com) is > laying the digital infrastructure for privacy-enabled communications and > commerce between individuals, companies, governments and organizations. > Based > on its privacy infrastructure for the Internet, Zero-Knowledge creates > easy-to-use software and services that enable privacy through advanced > mathematics, cryptography and source code: the only reliable way to ensure > Internet privacy and security. > > In December 1999, Zero-Knowledge launched Freedom®, the only privacy system > that empowers Internet users to surf the Web, send email, chat and post to > newsgroups in total privacy without having to trust third parties with their > personal information. Freedom can be downloaded at http://www.freedom.net. > Journalists can visit the Zero-Knowledge pressroom at > http://www.zeroknowledge.com/media. > > (Freedom® and Zero-Knowledge® are registered trademarks of Zero-Knowledge > Systems, Inc. All other names are the property of their respective owners.) > > For more information > > Dov Smith > Director of Public Relations > 514.350.7553 > dov(a)zeroknowledge.com > > Kristy Cory > Red Whistle Communications > 503.552.3749 > kcory(a)redwhistle.com > > > > >

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CDR: Re: Insurance (was: why should it be trusted?)
by Anonymous 24 Oct '00

24 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 24 Oct '00

24 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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