November 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

and in other headlines (Atta'd by 587) today...
by Major Variola (ret) 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

"Hollywood Signs On to Assist War Effort" read the headline today; "Propoganda outlets are military targets" said NATO, last war.

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Hush press release: Microsoft Outlook "secure solution"
by Declan McCullagh 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

November 2001: Hush Communications are pleased to introduce HushMail Professional(tm), for Outlook 2000, the latest addition to its suite of easy to use secure solutions. HushMail Professional is a secure desktop solution that offers maximum strength security (2048 bit), easy-to-use functionality including digital signature facility, and other exciting features without the user having to change their existing email provider. Whether communicating a private opinion, business critical data, or a negotiating strategy, the HushMail Professional user is able to send encrypted email to any Hush user in the world, as well as digitally signed email to anyone with a valid email address. With HushMail Professional users can communicate in confidence, knowing that our state-of-the-art encryption engine is protecting and authenticating the data. Furthermore, HushMail Professional is just one of the solutions Hush Communications offer with OpenPGP compliancy. Using HushMail Professional in conjunction with HushTools (www.hushtools.com) users can now communicate securely with PGP and other member company applications, creating a universal interoperable platform for secure digital technologies. PGP is the most widely used email security protocol and this new version opens up HushMail Professional users to an estimated 8 million PGP users worldwide. Support for OpenPGP marks a major breakthrough in widening the appeal and usability of Hush solutions, as it has achieved interoperability for personal privacy and business security. Overview: The explosive growth in e-commerce has created a battleground for secure digital communications solutions, offering a multitude of products and services. PKI is the only technology that provides for all critical network security needs. These are authentication, confidentiality, data integrity, non-repudiation, flexibility, and scalability. However, to many users, PKI solutions are difficult to use and complex to implement. In addition, most PKI products are not interoperable and this problem needed to be addressed before secure services can be widely accepted. Digital organizations need to have a common PKI system, since the various systems cannot communicate with each other. Hush Communications, a leading provider of managed security services and encryption technology, is committed to the development of the Internet as a safe and trusted business channel by delivering security technologies that overcome interoperability problems. In addition to HushMail Professional for Outlook 2000, other offerings include solutions for small businesses, large enterprises, data storage security, a Web-based tool kit for communications and a software development kit that enables companies and developers to integrate seamless encryption into their own business applications. Hush Communications are inviting interested parties to review HushMail Professional immediately. Interviews by phone or by appointment are welcomed. Phil Zimmermann, one of the world's leading encryption experts, joined Hush as chief cryptographer. His appointment strengthened efforts to establish Hush as the de facto global standard of encrypted email. Zimmermann is regarded as one of the fathers of modern encryption having created PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a premier email encryption program and currently one of the world's leading encryption standards. Phil is available to discuss the new product, our solutions range and other issues such as: 7 The Open PGP Alliance. 7 Interoperability - the issues. 7 PKI - how it works and how it is used. 7 Creating a de facto standard for secure messaging. 7 Securing the Internet - reality or pipe dream? 7 Digital Signatures and legislation. 7 Hush Communications products and services line. 7 Outsourcing PKI. Hush is a founding member of the OpenPGP Alliance (www.openpgp.org/) an organization dedicated to promoting compatibility among private electronic communications systems. The company's solutions are patented and are bought by companies in the financial, medical, and legal markets, among others. We welcome all inquiries and review requests and we look forward to hearing from you. Please Contact: Ciara Hudson Hush Communications 12 Lower Hatch Street Dublin 2 Ireland + 353 1 4357 831 email: ciara.hudson(a)hush.com

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RE: Sircam's humor: "animal farm novel report.doc" forwarded to l ist
by Trei, Peter 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

> Major Variola (ret)[SMTP:mv@cdc.gov] writes: > > The inet-one.com archives show a Sircam offering which is just too > humorous to ignore, and which lne.com folks won't see: > a file called "animal farm novel report.doc.com" > (which is, of course, infected). > [...] Humor? I think it's sad. The sad thing, of course, is that 'Eleanor' does not recognize that Animal Farm is a person-by-person, event-by-event, allegorization of the Russian Revolution and ensuing events. Such is the state of modern education. Those who will not remember the past.... Peter Trei

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Sircam's humor: "animal farm novel report.doc" forwarded to list
by Major Variola (ret) 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

The inet-one.com archives show a Sircam offering which is just too humorous to ignore, and which lne.com folks won't see: a file called "animal farm novel report.doc.com" (which is, of course, infected). But the deadly hacker tool known as emacs reveals the following summary (the copyright still belongs to someone known to "Eleanor D. Mantanona"<bejon(a)ite.net>). Money and power is what this story is based on with animals who are very diverse and the same. Animal Farm is based on animals who want to become independent, so they start a rebellion which was put together by Old Major who is a prize winning boar whose vision of a socialist utopia serves as the inspiration for the rebellion. Three days after describing the vision and teaching the animals the song Beast Of England, Major dies leaving Snowball and Napoleon to fight for control. Later on Napoleon the pig who emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after Old Major dies. Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal attack dogs), to intimidate other animals and consolidate his power. Snowball the pig who challenged Napoleon for control of Animal Farm which he had lost, Snowball is an Intelligent, Passionate, and Eloquent pig. But Snowball seemed to win the loyalty of the other animals and cement his powers, but that all changed when Napoleon sent his attack dogs after Snowball and drove him out of Animal Farm. There is only one animal on the farm who would not whine about the work he has to do for Napoleon his name is Boxer the great cart-horse whose incredible strength, dedication, and loyalty play a key role in the early prosperity of Animal Farm and later the completion of the windmill. Boxer shows much devotion to Animal Farms ideals but little ability to think about them independently. He counted on the pigs to make his decisions for him. His two mottoes are I will work harder and Napoleon is always right . One of the commandments were All animals are equal but that later changed in the story because some animals were more privileged than others some animals had to work twice as hard as others and Napoleon got to sit back and demand animals to do work while he made profit off of them by taking many eggs from hens and selling them or selling cows milk. If I recall Old Major saying that they will not sell their goods to people. Napoleon was becoming one of the farmers himself by taking the milk and drinking it himself, but the other animals obeyed the pigs hoping for a better future but as of now their future is not insight. Animal farm is a book that can show what power, money, and dictatorship can do to a person or animal

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Declan should be ashamed
by Tim May 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

Cypherpunks, I just had an amusing online experience. I checked in on Declan's "Wartime Liberty" news site, which I hadn't visited in for a month or so. It is: http://www.wartimeliberty.com Well, a banner ad began blinking in bright red at about 30 Hz, saying "If this banner ad is blinking, you have won a free prize!" Normally I can ignore these pieces of shit, but this same ad blinked in all of the subsections (encryption, policy, opinion, etc.) I checked. Very annoying. I never click on banner ads, but I decided to do an experiment, just to see what sort of company Declan has established this business relationship (of whatever kind) with. I'll spare you the details. Basically, I kept answering questions about my address and age and suchlike (I fibbed slightly, enough to look plausible but not enough to provide tips for the spam and passphrase harvesting I expect Declan's ad banner company is actually doing). After about four or five such screens, it finally told me to select the kinds of free prizes I wanted. All were of the usual bogus kind, including packets of advertising, discounts on subscriptions to magazines, etc. I clicked on none of them. Then came "da bomb": it asked me for the e-mail names of several other "friends." I left this blank and moved on. It wouldn't accept this, and kept returning to the nag screen demanding e-mail addresses. I left at this point. I guess I won't get my "free prize"! Sob. But the obnoxious blinking red banner ad is still telling me I've won a free prize. So I couldn't even stay on Declan's site, so obnoxious was the blinking banner. Declan, you really should be ashamed of yourself for this. Even if you don't personally choose all of the damned banner ads cluttering up your site, at least have the decency to not let spam harvesters run on your system! (I suspect they already harvested my "interest" as soon as I progressed to the "click to claim your prize" screen near the end. I'll be looking for spam arriving with the fibbed details I provided. My thought is maybe to bounce every one of these messages to Declan. Naw...) --Tim May, Occupied America "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759.

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Plane crash in NYC
by Greg Newby 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

According to various sources, a 767 went down in the Rockaways section of Queens, NY. Houses are on fire. All NYC airports are closed. This happened "shortly after 9:00 am" according to Newsday.

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12 Nov '01

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by phoenix_dj 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

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by phoenix_dj 12 Nov '01

12 Nov '01

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