February 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

The Register - Encryption and anti-viral software, the right mix?
by Jim Choate 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/16574.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Palladin Press
by DMBSR＠aol.com 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

I need to talk with these folks -- where are they?

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Antigen found W32/Hybris-B virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

Antigen for Exchange found midgets.scr infected with W32/Hybris-B virus. The file is currently Deleted. The message, "CDR: Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!", was sent from Hahaha and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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Antigen found W32/Hybris@m virus
by ANTIGEN_EXCHANGE 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

Antigen for Exchange found midgets.scr infected with W32/Hybris@m virus. The file is currently Deleted. The message, "Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!", was sent from Hahaha and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at ITC/Corporate/EXCHANGE.

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(no subject)
by gukn 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

-- Yours sincerely gukn <guknnews(a)netease.com>

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Re: Saw your post.Need help
by Kevin Cousins 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

On 31/01/2001 08:37:55 PM OMC wrote: > Is there any way to track down someones address from ip number. Someone is > sending me malicious email and i want to identify who he is. > I have his basic information. Can you help me? Your request arrived on the cypherpunks maimling list, a general discussion forum for cryptology, so I don't quite see how your query is particularly relevant to that topic. That aside, assuming you're asking about /machine names and web addresses/, then you're asking about fundamental domain name system operating issues, and as such, you should be able to find the answer to your question in any of dozens of texts, or else a quick web search will reveal all you need to know. Focus your query on "DNS reverse lookup" or similar. Note: for some long time, Microsoft, in their (questionable) wisdom, released severely incomplete implementations of DNS tools, effectively making reverse lookup infeasible. I'm almost certain that they've now had to bow to peer pressure and implement it properly, so to some extent, your success will depend on how current your Microsoft installation actually is. Alternatively, if you're instead asking how to determine someone's street address given only an IP address, then you seek an answer as daft as the one you'd get if you asked "How do I determine someone's street address given only a malicious letter (which presumably has no return address) that they've sent to me". I suppose it might be doable in some sense (you might be able to find the postal address of the ISP used by your malicious correspondent), but to attempt such an investigation would mark you as a great prat. -- Kevin. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.

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CypherPunks anti-License (CPL)
by Adam Back 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

Some may recall the "cypherpunks license" debate back in 1998 and continuing for a few hundred posts with contributions from Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Eric Young, and numerous others. It starts around here (a little before, but the threading doesn't go back past subject line change). http://www.inet-one.com.my/cypherpunks/dir.1998.09.28-1998.10.04/msg00018.h… (The search tool on http://www.inet-one.com.my/cypherpunks/ doesn't seem to work for pairs of words. But google will find lots of "cypherpunks license" on inet-one.) So I was releasing some source code I wrote a couple of days ago, and it struck me that perhaps it might be fun to try doing what was discussed back then, and put a license on it which explained the motivations and made the thing a little more free than putting it in the public domain. (I so far have put no license at all on anything I've released). So here's a cypherpunks license proposal. Generally it's a statement of how things would be if there were no IP laws governing copyright and related licensing, and an attempt to allow people to act as close to as if such laws did not exist given current laws. In addition for people who publish anonymously, and consume anonymously it avoids making silly claims based on force monopoly backed legal constructs which couldn't be applied to an anonymous actor. It tries to say: - you can do what you want with this, and I can't change my mind about these terms for this copy - I won't attack you in court for IP related laws - you can redistribute it under other licenses - you can claim you wrote it - you can advertise it anyway you like - copyright isn't compatibile with privacy, and anyway needs to die. - you don't have to send me patches This is not to say a distributor would necessarily like all of these things but it acknowledges that he would not able to enforce these things in an IP law free world. Instead such requests are recognised for what they are -- requests only. I'm not sure about the implications of the fact that the author could change his mind, and/or distribute different copies of the same under different licenses. Presumably if someone has a copy you released with the statement that it is in the public domain, and that you won't revoke that, you can't then do anything to them in a court afterwards relating to their use or further distribution. The acronym is a little bit of a stretch, but I thought it would be more easily fit into the GPL, MPL pattern and so be recognised as to do with licensing. It struck me after a while that it was not a license because a license presumes you have some right to exert control. So I used anti-license. It's a notice that the work is placed into the public domain together with a pledge about behavior to expect from the distributor. Also notice that the person making the pledge is not called the licensor (as it isn't a license), and also not the author as the distributor doesn't have to be the author. The CPL presumes people will distribute collections of things where they are not the author, copyright holder, and are barred under existing laws from distributing perhaps. There's also this crappy law against illegal contracts, which may easily affect this in some circumstances. Also there is the requests clause. It tries to say that the CPL distributor won't enforce in court his requests. This seems reasonable enough otherwise that would violate the spirit of the CPL, and would anyway not be a request, but more a threat. And of course the CPL is itself distributed under the CPL, so anyone can change it, call the changed versions whatever they want etc. I suppose the only reasonable request to place on the CPL would be to mark modified versions as modified to avoid confusion, so that people know what they're referring to. Well here we go... comments solicited. Below in text, or here: http://www.cypherspace.org/CPL/ (I may edit this as things occur to me, or people comment on things). Adam ====================================================================== Cypherpunks anti-License Intent The intent of the Cypherpunks anti-License (CPL) is to inform users that they are free to use and redistribute the indicated work or any derived or modified work in any manner they choose. Works distributed under the CPL are in the Public Domain. Licensing The CPL is not a license, it does not require the user to do or not do anything; the user does not agree to any terms, because there are no terms, and the user does not need to do anything to indicate acceptance or rejection of the CPL. Non Litigation The CPL serves to pledge to the user that the distributors will behave in a manner consistent with the non-existance of Intellectual Property (IP) laws as far as they are able. The distributors will not use or participate as far as they are able to government legal systems to attempt to enforce requests restricting the use, modifications, or redistribution of the work for perpetuity. The distributor may prefer to be anonymous to preclude attempts to coerce them into enforcing IP laws relating to this work against their will. Requests The work may be distributed with some distributor requests in addition to the CPL. The distributor pledges similarly to not attempt to use IP laws to enforce these requests. Redistribution Users choosing to redistribute this work may change anything about the work, including distributing it under a different license, and adding or removing previous distributors requests. Interpretation The CPL is completely liberal. Here are some examples of implications of this which are not true for many licenses. The user can redistribute the work or a derived or modified work * under a different license of their choosing * with or without source code as they choose * without acknowledging the distributors or authors * with false or innaccurate claims about authorship of the work * advertise without acknowledging the authors Requests can be arbitrary, but are requests only. Example of requests that the distributor may choose to make: * that improvements to the work be drawn to the distributors attention * that improvements to the work be released back to the distributor under the CPL * that the distributors name not be used to advertise derived works without the distributors approval Legacy Considerations The distributor may choose to inform the user of his opinion of the IP status of the work, for example by identifying any IP law restricted aspects such as the copyright holders of parts or the whole of the work, trademark owners of trademarks used in the work, potentially applicable patents on algorithms or ideas contained in the work, but the distributor is not obliged to do so and takes no responsibility for the accuracy of such information. Background The CPL is written from a mindset which derides the very concept of Intellectual Property restrictions as being incompatible with a free society. Cryptographically assured anonymity and anonymous use of Internet resources mean that denizens of cypherspace can ignore copyright, licenses attempting to control use and distribution of works, and patents on ideas. It is not possible to enforce IP laws by calls to government legal systems when the flaunter is strongly anonymous. The enforcement of IP law and anonymity are in direct conflict. To fully enforce IP laws, anonymity would have to be outlawed. Cypherpunks believe this would be a bad thing, because control of information imparts power, and anonymity gives individuals control over disclosure of information about themselves and their actions. ======================================================================

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SportsHollywood - Late Edition
by Sports Hollywood 02 Feb '01

02 Feb '01

SportsHollywood.com Newsletter LATE EDITION For the week of Friday, February 2, 2001 "They're selling sex." -- Art Model, owner of the Super Bowl champions Baltimore Ravens, on the XFL (the league says the "X" doesn't stand for anything). "Hot Babes." -- Vince McMahon of the XFL, describing his cheerleaders. The league debuts this weekend. STARTING LINE Thousands of Super Bowl fans were subjected to a "computerized police lineup" at America's biggest sporting event last weekend as police used cutting-edge technology to scan the crowd for criminals... ... So how did Ray Lewis get in...? HOLLYWOOD SPORTS The XFL football league will be unveiled this weekend. The league revealed they will put cheerleaders on raised platforms, making their underwear visible to fans and cameras... ... Vince McMahon always did put women on a pedestal... POST SUPER BOWL After being trounced by the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl, New York Giants head coach Jim Fassel guaranteed his team would return to the Super Bowl, and do so soon... ... Even if we're just in the hotel across the street, watching on TV... NBA There is no evidence an Indiana fan made racial slurs against Philadelphia guard Allen Iverson during a game, a Pacers spokesman said Thursday. NBC taped Iverson shouting a derogatory remark about gays back at the fan near the end of the 76ers' 86-81 victory Sunday in Indianapolis... ... It wasn't a fan - they were playing Iverson's rap album over the arena sound system... HORSE RACING Make it 99 straight defeats for Quixall Crossett, the world's losingest racehorse. The 16-year-old gelding failed to finish a 3-mile race Thursday at the Scottish course of Kelso. Trailing the field for most of the way, Quixall Crossett was well behind when his rider decided to pull up. Quixall Crossett went off as a 200-1 shot in a field of nine in the Isle of Skye Novices' Chase, which was won by favorite Lord of the Sky. Quixall Crossett's losing streak began in 1990. Caine has to decide where and when his thoroughbred will make his 100th appearance... ... I hear there's a glue factory not too far away... NFL Ron Wolf, the architect of the Green Bay Packers' return to the Super Bowl in the mid-1990s, retired as executive vice president/general manager on Thursday... ... Now Mark Chmura needs him to be the architect of his defense... THIS WEEK IN SPORTS HISTORY In 1997, former Atlanta Olympic bombing suspect Richard Jewell agreed to a $500,000 deal that gave 20th Century Fox the right to make a feature film about his ordeal at the hands of the media and the FBI... ... So he WAS be responsible for a bomb... BOXING Spectators in a Turkish town cheered recently as two four-year-old girls squared off in a boxing ring. The girls, who were wearing safety helmets, exchanged blows to the head and repeatedly knocked each other down... ... Nick At Night is now pondering Pay-per-view... PENALTY BOX Seattle SuperSonics forward Ruben Patterson was suspended by the NBA for three games Thursday because of his conviction on an assault charge for breaking a man's jaw... ... The team also suspended him for doing Gary Payton's job... The teen who accused Mark Chmura of sexual assault flirted with the former Green Bay Packers player at a post-prom party, a high school football player testified Thursday. Michael Kleber testified that he watched Chmura's accuser go willingly into a bathroom where the alleged assault took place. Chmura, 31, has pleaded innocent to third-degree sexual assault and child enticement charges, both felonies. He could face up to 40 years in prison and $20,000 in fines... ... "That underage kid I had illegal sex with - it wasn't my fault; SHE WANTED IT!!!" For the entire Offensive Line: http://www.sportshollywood.com/shnews.html YOU'RE OUT: "I'm a golfer -- not an athlete." -Lee Westwood of Britain, then the world's fifth-ranked golfer. The Dumbest Sports Quotes of All Time: http://www.sportshollywood.com/dumbquotes.html <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> * To remove yourself from this mailing list, point your browser to: http://inbound.postmastergeneral.com/remove?OnTap:13 * Enter your email address (cypherpunks(a)toad.com) in the field provided and click "Unsubscribe". The mailing list ID is "OnTap:13". OR... * Forward a copy of this message to OnTap.13(a)lists.postmastergeneral.com with the word remove in the subject line. <mailto:OnTap.13@lists.postmastergeneral.com?subject=remove> This message was sent to address cypherpunks(a)toad.com X-PMG-Recipient: cypherpunks(a)toad.com <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>> <<<>>>

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Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!
by Hahaha 01 Feb '01

01 Feb '01

Today, Snowhite was turning 18. The 7 Dwarfs always where very educated and polite with Snowhite. When they go out work at mornign, they promissed a *huge* surprise. Snowhite was anxious. Suddlently, the door open, and the Seven Dwarfs enter...

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Plan 9 Wiki (Plan 9 wiki)
by Jim Choate 01 Feb '01

01 Feb '01

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/1/ -- ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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