October 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by product20 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

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Doh!
by Jim Choate 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

Make "Green River Anthology" into "Spoon River Anthology", it'll make more sense. -- ____________________________________________________________________ The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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The coming "open monopoly" in software - Tech News - CNET.com
by Jim Choate 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1275-210-7632187-1.html?tag=bt_bh -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Is there a subway in DC?
by Khoder bin Hakkin 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

And why are NYC prison^H^H^H^H^H^Hinhabitants still taking subways? http://books.nap.edu/books/0309068495/html/223.html#pagetop

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Re: Neverending Cycle ( was : Re: USPS: glowing by leaps and bounds)
by Anonymous 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

>The really weird thing about this whole anthrax scene is that all >the spores seem to be of the Ames variety, which is a militarized anthrax >developed in Ames, Iowa. It really seems suspicious to me that these are of >domestic origin -- bin Ladin or whoever would be in all likelihood be using >a Russian variety or an Iraqi subset. >Sigh! Time to watch "Wag the Dog" again. And after that, "Brazil". The difference between "Wag the Dog" and "The Big Terrorist Hoax" is that the former was done far more professionaly, it cost more and returned no profit at all. Face it: catalyzing suicidal WTC spectacle and mailing some anthrax probably did not cost more than $10-15 million altogether, and that is what purchased them their wet dream - dictatorship at the dawn of third millenia. One must commend the government for wise spending - this is the most bang for the buck I've ever seen. Governments *always* killed their own subjects for gain, and the 5K bodies is actually low count for the effect produced. This kind of power shift usually required a major war with 10-100X more bodies. So, the government is not only economical. It is also humane.

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Where the torture never stops..
by Khoder bin Hakkin 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

Wednesday October 24 2:24 PM ET Pakistani Held in Attack Probe Dies in U.S. Jail NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - A Pakistani arrested on immigration charges in the U.S. probe of last month's suicide plane attacks has been found dead in his jail cell in New Jersey, but the cause of death is not yet known, a state official said on Wednesday. The body of the 55-year-old man, whose identity was not released, was found in his cell on Tuesday at the Hudson County jail in Kearny, said Jacob Delemos, a spokesman for the Hudson County executive's office. Delemos said officials administered a nasal swab on the body to test for anthrax and the result was negative. Anthrax, a potential germ warfare agent, has killed at least three people in the United States this month and the government fears its spread may be the work of those responsible for the Sept. 11 plane attacks. He said the man was arrested on Sept. 19 ``along with others in that aggressive approach of the FBI'' after the attacks on the 110-storey twin towers of the World Trade Center, Washington and Pennsylvania that killed more than 5,000 people. He said the man was being held on immigration charges. Delemos said more than three weeks ago the man had complained of gum pain and showed signs of gingivitis, according to the county medical examiner. He was treated with an antibiotic between Oct. 1 and Oct. 6. Representatives of the FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization Service were not immediately available to comment. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20011024/ts/attack_newjersey_detainee_dc_… Flies all green and buzzin', in this dungeon of despair. Prisoners grumble and piss their clothes, and scratch their matted hair. A tiny light, from a window hole, a hundred yards away, is all they ever gets to know about the regular light in the day. And it stinks so bad, the stones been chokin', and weepin' greenish drops. In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops. The torture never stops. Slime and rot, rats and snot, and vomit on the floor. Fifty yoogly soldiers, man, holdin' spears by the iron door. Knives and spikes, and guns and the likes of every tool of pain. And a sinister midget, with a bucket and a mop, where the blood goes down the drain. And it stinks so bad, the stones been chokin', and weepin' greenish drops. In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops. The torture never stops. The torture.. the torture.. The torture never stops. Flies all green and buzzin', in this dungeon of despair. An evil prince eats a steaming pig, in a chamber right near there. He eats the snouts and the trotters first. The loins and the groins is soon dispersed. His carvin' style is well rehearsed. He stands and shouts: All men be cursed! All men be cursed! All men be cursed! All men be cursed! And disagree? Well, no one durst. He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. And it stinks so bad, his bones been chokin', and weepin' greenish drops. In the night of the iron sausage, where the torture never stops. The torture never stops. The torture.. the torture.. The torture never stops. Flies all green and buzzin', in this dungeon of despair. Who are all those people, that he's locked away down there? Are they crazy? Are they sainted? Are they zeroes, someone painted? And it's never been explained, since it first it was created. But a dungeon, like a sin, requires not but lockin' in, of everything that's ever been. Look at her. Look at him. That's what's the deal we're dealin' in. That's what's the deal we're dealin' in. That's what's the deal we're dealin' in. That's what's the deal we're dealin' in.

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Re: openbsd encrypted fs
by Bill Stewart 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

At 01:38 PM 10/23/2001 +1000, zem wrote: >On 23 Oct 2001, Dr. Evil wrote: > > > vnconfig -ck svnd0 diskimage I don't have a BSD system around to check - what does this approach do? > > Anyway, for an OS which prides itself on built-in crypto, > > why do we have to mess around with loopback? ... >Can you describe a scenario under which an encrypted fs is valuable enough >to justify typing one command, but not two? OpenBSD's target audience is >not exactly clueless newbies. >Or is speed so important that you'd sacrifice security? Any encrypted fs >will take a performance hit; I think you'll find loopback overhead is >insignificant next to the crypto. Is Dr. Evil's concern with loopback just the speed? (Plus the ugly minimal user interface, which is a job for a script.) Machines are enough faster these days that I'd think the only places that's a big hit, other than database apps, are swap space, and you can mostly fix that by buying enough RAM. >Is booting from an encrypted fs ever useful? Use read-only media if >tampering is a concern. Configure and mount other encrypted filesystems >from /etc/rc. If you can install and maintain OpenBSD, you can manage If you've got applications that insist on putting data in /etc or /var, or for log files in general, you have to be careful about the order the system starts in. And if you're worried about people seeing your config files that might show who you communicate with, you could go paranoid about this. IPSEC secrets may be a concern, if stealing/cloning the disk lets someone forge your identity. >It's worth noting their primary goal is network security, not crypto. >Rubber hoses don't factor significantly in their threat model. Laptop theft belongs in *most* security models.

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Anthrax Letters
by FogStorm 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

Pictures of the Daschle, Brokaw, and NY Post anthrax letters + their envelopes. http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/102301.htm

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CNN.com - House passes anti-terrorism bill - October 24, 2001
by Jim Choate 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/24/rec.us.attacks.terrorlaws.ap/index.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [RANT] Unfettered immigration is rapidly shifting the ethnic and political balance of the United States
by attila! 24 Oct '01

24 Oct '01

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