November 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

phorum - General Linux - Government Criminalizes Programmers
by Jim Choate 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

http://losc.internet.com//read.php?f=13&i=5505&t=5505 -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker 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 Register - US assumes global cyber-police authority
by Jim Choate 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23036.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker 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: Antivirus software will ignore FBI spyware: solutions
by Jonathan Wienke 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

-----Original Message----- From: Tim May [mailto:tcmay@got.net] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 1:13 PM To: cypherpunks(a)lne.com Subject: Antivirus software will ignore FBI spyware: solutions Some interesting tips (bottome of this message) for detecting FBI/SS snoopware that NAI/McAfee is now assisting the FBI in installing. I especially like the idea of "type hundreds of random key strokes and see which files increase in size." (Or just look for any file size changes, as most of us type tens of thousands of keystrokes per day.) The mathematical side of most encryption is vastly stronger than the "crypto hygiene" side. There's a reason "code rooms" and "crypto shacks" on military ships and bases have lots of hoops to jump through, with locked boxes, double-keyed switches, controlled access, etc. Most users of PGP take no steps to secure key materials. (I plead guilty, too.) Most of us are used to immediate access, and we want crypto integrated with our mail. The notion of going to a locked safe, taking out the laptop or removable hard drive, ensuring an "air gap" between the decoding system and the Net, and checking for keyloggers and hostile code, and so on, is foreign to most of us. The "dongle" idea (e.g., Dallas Semiconductor buttons, etc.) has been around for a long time. Here's a new twist: the Apple iPod music player. I just got one. A 4.6 GB hard disk (Toshiba 1.8"). Hooks up via Firewire/IEEE 1394, with the link recharging the battery and auto-linking. The disk can also be mounted as a standard Firewire disk. Meaning, it could be used to store key material and even be used for PGP scratch operations. The increased security comes from its small size (easy to lock up) and because I usually have it with me when I am away from home. This makes "sneak and peek" searches and plants of malicious code less useful. Not a complete solution. Crypto hygiene and all. -----End Original Message----- An even better solution: a USB compact flash card reader. $30 at CompUSA or other fine electronics retailers, and $20 or less for a 16 MB compact flash card. This way more space than any normal person is going to need for PGP keyrings, with enough room left for your randseed file and other stuff like that, and at a price ($50 or so) that most anyone can afford. It is also transportable from computer to computer, so you could use it sneakernet style if you wanted to, especially if you get more/larger cards. 256MB cards are available for about $200, and a 1GB Microdrive runs around $400. Either of these could be carried in various orifices in extreme circumstances. :-)

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e mail bombs
by Udaas Pankhi 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

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Re: [e-gold-list] HavenCo? -- fell over.,
by mattd 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

Havenco,cypherpunks and indymedia all go offline together again DEW for US Fascist troop movements? "I THOUGHT IT WAS THE U.K. OR JUST ANOTHER COUNTRY ANOTHER COUNCIL TENANCY I WANNA BE ANARCHY I WANNA BE ANARCHY OH WHAT A NAME AND I WANNA BE AN ANARCHIST GET PISSED,DESTROY!" sex pistols.

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27 Nov '01

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why market to Joe Sixpack?
by dmolnar 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

Declan's comment on operating a physical remailer for suitably valuable cargo, plus some of Tim's recent comments about integration, made me think of the question in the subject line. So far I see at least three possible answers. 1) Make lots of money. 2) Spread awareness (that "funny feeling in the stomach" recently discussed) and save our fellow man. Make the world safe for privacy. 3) Ensure that cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies have uses besides "Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse," so that they aren't banned. anything else? I think the physical remailer for only FedEx will fail 3. -David

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Anthrax Theatre OnLine
by measl＠mfn.org 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/ -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin(a)mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------

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MATT DRUDGE // DRUDGE REPORT 2000� - DOJ papers show terrorist hunt
by Jim Choate 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash5.htm -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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by CrushMaster＠crushlink.com 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

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