December 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

Reminder... Mac Crypto Jan 29th - Feb 1st
by Vinnie Moscaritolo 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

Hi all; Below is a preliminary list of talks scheduled for the Millennium Edition of the Mac Crypto/ Internet commerce workshop. The conference will be held at Apple's Deanza 3 Auditorium from Jan 29th - Feb 1st . I have had a lot of people propose talks but only a few have actually sent me their abstracts. If you are on the list below and would like to correct the abstracts, please send me the updated text. If you are not on the list but plan to talk, then send me the abstract now. thanks. ------------------ Jonathan D. Callas Counterpane Internet Security "The Effect of Anti-Circumvention Provisions on Security" One of the properties of digital Intellectual Property (IP) is that it can be easily reproduced, modified, and transferred. In response, IP owners have created creating new security technologies for controlling the digital works. Inevitably, this creates an opportunity for those who can circumvent those technologies. ------------------- Will Price, Director of Engineering PGP Security, Inc. "PGP Future Directions" Will Price will discuss new technologies in PGP such as Key Reconstruction, Instant Messaging encryption, PGP for Wireless, and future directions of PGP on the MacOS platform. ---------------------- Jean-Luc GIRAUD <Jean-Luc.GIRAUD(a)gemplus.com> "Security Architect". Gemplus (www.gemplus.com) "Introduction to Smartcards" This tutorial gives a general overview of the smartcard technology and its added value for cryptography and security. Classical smartcard concepts (card life cycle, smartcard structure, required infrastructure,...) are covered along with recent ones like open cards (Javacard,...). New applications and potentail security enhancements to MacOS X are given. Finally, the current state of the art in smartcard security is described. A lot of ressources are listed to give attendees the opportunity to access more detailed information. ------------------ Charles Evans <cwe(a)chyden.net>, Partner, BEK Ventures, "Secure, Real-Time Financial Transactions Using WebFunds on the Mac." The talk will center on real-world transfer of value in the form of either a) exchange among commodity-back electronic currencies or b) trading of shares in micro-enterprises. -- Vinnie Moscaritolo KF6WPJ ITCB-IMSH http://www.vmeng.com/vinnie/ PGP: 3F903472C3AF622D5D918D9BD8B100090B3EF042 ------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: POLITICALLY INCORRECT AREA All P.C. Personnel entering these premises will encounter gravely offensive behavior and opinions. (SEC4623. Ministry of political incorrection security act of 1995) RAMPANT INSENSITIVITY AUTHORIZED --- 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' Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart(a)pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639

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recent paper on composition of protocols
by dmolnar 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

Hi, In case anyone wants to take a look, Ran Canetti has a 63-page paper on secure composition of protocols up at eprint.iacr.org . I haven't read through it yet, but it may be of interest. http://eprint.iacr.org/2000/067/ -David

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Fwd: Re: The Cost of Natural Gas [was Re: The Cost of California Liberalism]
by James A. Donald 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

-- > > > For those who care, take a look at > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/opinion/10KRUG.html which is > > > an op-ed piece by an MIT Economics prof. describing the > > > California situation in the same terms I have. He cites a > > > paper which in turn cites evidence that artificial shortages > > > were previously created in the UK (1996) and California (1998 & > > > 1999). unfortunately no detail, but it is more than just random > > > conspiracy theory. On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, James A. Donald wrote: > > He describes the california system as "deregulated", but the fact > > that it takes many years to get permission to build a power plant > > -- that it takes longer to get permits than to actually build one, > > is undoubtedly a contributing factor to the crisis. Ray Dillinger > Odd. If it's "deregulated", why do the power companies have to ask > CPUC's permission to raise rates? I don't think deregulated" means > what he thinks it means. What has happened is that we in California have moved from a state imposed and controlled monopoly, to a highly regulated market. This has not worked well, one of the many reasons being that those who now have to decide to build power plants are now the evil greedy developers, rather than the wise and benevolent bureaucrats, and in consequence those who want to build power plants are having great difficulty. Naturally, however, all the newspapers are entirely confident that the problem is capitalist greed. If it was not for those greedy people itching to destroy the environment by building power plants, we would have plenty of power. This is analogous to the US health care crisis. If an evil greedy capitalist health care institution decides not to give an elderly pauper triple bypass surgery, in order to retain ever greater bloated profits, that is an intolerable evil of capitalism. If, however, a rational bureaucrat decides to wisely ration bypass surgery by ensuring that it only goes to those who can truly benefit from it, that is a wonderful saving on health costs. As a result, governmental health care systems really are much better at controlling costs that regulated semi private health care systems. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 90e6UF9IrKiRsj8L3J8wgY3bcw3+zYgljEnNQxpA 4YCLYYMYEDsPsyAdXW3SXlqSzZ/KoouNTW9GP2nx/

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ATTN: Bruble2 mix key mixup
by bruble-admin 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

NOTICE: This message may not have been sent by the Sender Name above. Always use cryptographic digital signatures to verify the identity of the sender of any usenet post or e-mail. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I accidentaly lost new private MIX key of bruble. Mail encrypted with mix key f62b184fad18c8d5717e02432851fecc cannot be decoded and it is lost.:-((( So better use this one (its the old key): bruble2 bruble2(a)email.si 7ad11b915168ca2da64830cae3bde210 2.0.4b45 MC - -----Begin Mix Key----- 7ad11b915168ca2da64830cae3bde210 258 AATkOn1OXlmEfn8pMMX0X5mKiwR8amrB5PjB+iLk UbcezYLhAbgUBQRgK2nMVySfJz/TEfUKqUjzY6o/ Rgy7sISoDz+YzlCKehS7l1l3WHrYRMY0zo/5sPhe QaTVHuAUfqaJ6RQs5SgJGIPKeG3YrK+PVvic+J/J hyveUAq6ciqpKwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAB - -----End Mix Key----- PGP keys _are_ changed: RSA 0x4BC3AC91 Anonymous Remailer [Expire: 2001-12-31] <bruble2(a)email.si> DH/Dss 0xCFE5E4FE Anonymous Remailer [Expire: 2001-12-31] <bruble2(a)email.si> Sorry for inconvinience, bruble remop -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: N/A iQCVAwUBOkvF8qCtiqBwIEUXAQHFFgP/Sc8Z51g1K68rIcH8MNxKVwDeFc/d4Wks NHm5W9iNu6NzhjYOLUHx8tD6SeVkaCs6KWqsWrZTXjkU4S6RpJ1yToWDFdNCX+7k j1n9o8AWrB/VMlFJwho5V3pUoVk4YC7sca/HHwy50YLtdTsZw+0GkBmiPI96hYT8 NIcYN0I9jf8= =26jN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Levy's Crypto
by John Young 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

After reading Steve Levy's "Crypto," two points he covers still intrigue: the true origin of public key encryption and the true origin of cypherpunks. Intriguing, to this reader at least, is the link between the two in fostering public use of crypto -- and whether there was covert involvement of TLAs in both efforts. Levy does not examine this possibility, but the affairs and persons he explores do offer tantalizing hope for there being more than has been made part of the public record. Levy writes a swell account of the public, bright side of crypto liberation, and why there's not more about the dark side is a mystery, for there's not a really bad character, or agency, in the whole tome. To be sure, Levy notes that the awful aspects of crypto is either classified, NDA or criminal, thus not fit for angelic e-commerce and PGPeople's liberation.

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29 Dec '00

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Re: The Cost of Natural Gas [was Re: The Cost of California Liberalism]
by auto58194＠hushmail.com 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

For those who care, take a look at http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/opinion/10KRUG.html which is an op-ed piece by an MIT Economics prof. describing the California situation in the same terms I have. He cites a paper which in turn cites evidence that artificial shortages were previously created in the UK (1996) and California (1998 & 1999). Unfortunately no detail, but it is more than just random conspiracy theory. While no doubt a good number of the readers of this list will consider him to be a Communist from the People's Republic of Cambridge, perhaps most will at least admit he knows more than basic economics 101. Even if you don't care about natural gas or California's deregulation brownout, it is a good example of why "free" markets, economies, societies, etc. don't really work.

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Low Interest Loans From Aggressive Funding Institutions! 14660
by a.hahne＠mbox318.swipnet.se 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

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Opportunity
by INQUIRE＠CAREEREXPANSION.COM 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

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CPRM FAQ
by sunder 29 Dec '00

29 Dec '00

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15718.html Everything you ever wanted to know about CPRM, but ZDNet wouldn't tell you... By: Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Posted: 29/12/2000 at 09:07 GMT <SNIP> 11. Won't an encrypted file system, or a virtual file system bypass CPRM? Of course it will. In any operating system, device driver authors are free to reject the CPRM calls made by a software application. So the OS need not store CPRM digital media. Virtual file systems simply add another rejection point at which CRPM can be bounced off the system, and you're clean. With a software libre operating system (a BSD, Linux or AtheOS) let's assume that this is more likely to happen than with a commercial operating system (Windows, MacOS, Solaris). But what then? We hear a GNU... <SNIP> -- ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :masked killer, but |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often. --------_sunder_(a)_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------

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