March 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

CNN Articles: "Inside the NSA"
by A. Melon 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/nsa/stories/codebreakers/index.html http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/nsa/stories/privacy/index.html http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/nsa/stories/codemakers/index.html

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Re: PGP flaw found by Czech firm allows dig sig to be forged
by nikitab＠cs.berkeley.edu 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

In article <99b89r$lgd$1(a)abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>, Ian Goldberg <iang(a)cs.berkeley.edu> wrote: >If p is wrong, the result S' will be correct mod q but incorrect mod p. >so S' ^ e mod q = M mod q, but S' ^ e mod p != M mod p. > >Therefore GCD(S' ^ e mod n, M) = q, and we're done. I think you meant GCD((S'^e mod n)-M, n) = q. I don't think what you said is true, since q does not necessarily divide M. - Nikita

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RE: Hints...
by Wayne Rad 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

YOU're on this list?? wow, small world. I dunno if you remember I went to your oakland party in 1998, (Blanc Weber's idea) Are you still doing those parties? I'd forgotten about them... --Wayne Radinsky aka waynerad ---------- >From: "Sandy Sandfort" <sandfort(a)mindspring.com> >Reply-To: cypherpunks(a)ssz.com >To: <cypherpunks(a)einstein.ssz.com> >Subject: RE: Hints... >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:48:54 -0800 > >Jim wrote: > > > Reply publicly to the list or we're done with this discussion. > >(Take a chill pill Jim.) Sorry all, I guess I pushed the wrong button. I >sent the following to Jim alone by mistake: > >Jim wrote: > > > Q: When did Congress pass a law specifically > > making the 'common law' in the 7th > > Amendment equivalent to English Common > Law? > >A: No need, it always was. The pre-existing common law in this country was >not extinguished by independence. > > > Once again, why does "...shall make no > > law..." not equate to (common law?) > > 'Stop' signs? > >Once again, the admonition is directed at congress. The common law does >not >arise out of legislation and, thus, is not affected by the admonition. >Quod >Erat demonstrandum. > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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[ALA-WO:602] INFO/CIPA: ALA Files Suit to Overturn CIPA;
by ALAWASH E-MAIL 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

Pro-FIlter Group Holds Press Conference ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 10, Number 20 March 21, 2001 In this issue: ALA Files Suit to Overturn CIPA; Pro-Filter Group Holds Press Conference The American Library Association filed a lawsuit yesterday, March 20th to overturn the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which mandates the use of blocking technology on computers in public libraries. The ALA believes this legislation is unconstitutional because it restricts access to constitutionally protected information available on the Internet at public libraries. Commenting on the litigation which was filed with ten other co- litigants, ALA President, Nancy Kranich said "Forcing libraries to choose between funding and censorship means millions of library users will lose - particularly those in the most poverty-stricken and geographically isolated areas of the country, The federal government should not be subsidizing commercial filtering companies by forcing libraries to buy technology that doesn't work." For further information regarding CIPA go to ALA's CIPA web site at: http://www.ala.org/cipa or For more specific information regarding the litigation click on links below. ALA's Press Release Regarding the Suit http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipapressrelease.html ALA's Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipacomplaint.pdf A Letter Explaining ALA's Position Regarding CIPA http://www.ala.org/cipa/march1letter.html A Message to ALA Members http://www.ala.org/cipa/membersupport.html Talking Points for Spokespeople Who will be Addressing CIPA Issues http://www.ala.org/cipa/#Talking Points The ACLU also filed suit against CIPA today. Their press release can be found at: http://www.aclu.org/features/f032001a.html. As expected, supporters of federal filtering mandates held a press conference this afternoon in response to ALA's suit. The long list of speakers included: Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK), Rep. Chip Pickering (R- Miss.), Jan La Rue, of the Family Research Council, Donna Rice Hughes, and Patrick Trueman of the American Family Association. The full text of the Family Research Council's Press Release on the event can be found at: http://www.frc.org/press/content.cfm?get=release&id=P01C05. Congressman Istook's comments focused on American's support for filtering. Jan LaRue's comments focused on the argument that libraries and schools do not have pornography in print media and should not have it available on the Internet. Laura Morgan, a librarian who has filed suit maintaining that unfiltered Internet access created a hostile workplace at the Chicago Public Library, talked about her experiences listening to little girls talk about how awful it is when the little boys look at "nasty pictures" on the Internet. Donna Rice Hughes described her work on the COPA Commission. Bruce Taylor of the National Law Center focused on distinguishing CIPA from COPA and the Communications Decency Act. Congressman Pickering focused on the connection between federal funding and the filtering mandate. Wendy Wright, from Concerned Women for America, focused on the "protecting children" issue and concluded with the comment "Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for material that is illegal. The ALA and the ACLU are accomplices with the worst kind of criminals by trying to undo CIPA." The American Center for Law & Justice speaker appeared to base his remarks on Senator McCain's reading of CIPA, claiming that the law would not apply to all computers in a library or school, and was therefore constitutional. The Internet Safety Association (a trade association made up of several small Internet corporations) attacked the Consumer Reports study results. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children did not speak at the press conference, however, a press release on their letterhead was in the packet distributed by Rep. Istook's staff. In it, they commend Istook's efforts, based in large part on their study that found 1 in 4 teens and preteens had unwanted exposure to sexual pictures on the Internet. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc(a)ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash(a)alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Mary Costabile, Peter Kaplan, Miriam Nisbet and Claudette Tennant. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell and Saundra Shirley. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy. ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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[ALA-WO:602] INFO/CIPA: ALA Files Suit to Overturn CIPA;
by ALAWASH E-MAIL 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

Pro-FIlter Group Holds Press Conference ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 10, Number 20 March 21, 2001 In this issue: ALA Files Suit to Overturn CIPA; Pro-Filter Group Holds Press Conference The American Library Association filed a lawsuit yesterday, March 20th to overturn the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), which mandates the use of blocking technology on computers in public libraries. The ALA believes this legislation is unconstitutional because it restricts access to constitutionally protected information available on the Internet at public libraries. Commenting on the litigation which was filed with ten other co- litigants, ALA President, Nancy Kranich said "Forcing libraries to choose between funding and censorship means millions of library users will lose - particularly those in the most poverty-stricken and geographically isolated areas of the country, The federal government should not be subsidizing commercial filtering companies by forcing libraries to buy technology that doesn't work." For further information regarding CIPA go to ALA's CIPA web site at: http://www.ala.org/cipa or For more specific information regarding the litigation click on links below. ALA's Press Release Regarding the Suit http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipapressrelease.html ALA's Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief http://www.ala.org/cipa/cipacomplaint.pdf A Letter Explaining ALA's Position Regarding CIPA http://www.ala.org/cipa/march1letter.html A Message to ALA Members http://www.ala.org/cipa/membersupport.html Talking Points for Spokespeople Who will be Addressing CIPA Issues http://www.ala.org/cipa/#Talking Points The ACLU also filed suit against CIPA today. Their press release can be found at: http://www.aclu.org/features/f032001a.html. As expected, supporters of federal filtering mandates held a press conference this afternoon in response to ALA's suit. The long list of speakers included: Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK), Rep. Chip Pickering (R- Miss.), Jan La Rue, of the Family Research Council, Donna Rice Hughes, and Patrick Trueman of the American Family Association. The full text of the Family Research Council's Press Release on the event can be found at: http://www.frc.org/press/content.cfm?get=release&id=P01C05. Congressman Istook's comments focused on American's support for filtering. Jan LaRue's comments focused on the argument that libraries and schools do not have pornography in print media and should not have it available on the Internet. Laura Morgan, a librarian who has filed suit maintaining that unfiltered Internet access created a hostile workplace at the Chicago Public Library, talked about her experiences listening to little girls talk about how awful it is when the little boys look at "nasty pictures" on the Internet. Donna Rice Hughes described her work on the COPA Commission. Bruce Taylor of the National Law Center focused on distinguishing CIPA from COPA and the Communications Decency Act. Congressman Pickering focused on the connection between federal funding and the filtering mandate. Wendy Wright, from Concerned Women for America, focused on the "protecting children" issue and concluded with the comment "Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for material that is illegal. The ALA and the ACLU are accomplices with the worst kind of criminals by trying to undo CIPA." The American Center for Law & Justice speaker appeared to base his remarks on Senator McCain's reading of CIPA, claiming that the law would not apply to all computers in a library or school, and was therefore constitutional. The Internet Safety Association (a trade association made up of several small Internet corporations) attacked the Consumer Reports study results. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children did not speak at the press conference, however, a press release on their letterhead was in the packet distributed by Rep. Istook's staff. In it, they commend Istook's efforts, based in large part on their study that found 1 in 4 teens and preteens had unwanted exposure to sexual pictures on the Internet. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc(a)ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash(a)alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Mary Costabile, Peter Kaplan, Miriam Nisbet and Claudette Tennant. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell and Saundra Shirley. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy. ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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News Alert - Special Issue
by Stocknight ListServer 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

[Stockupticks.com] [Image] [Image] Welcome to Stockupticks.com Newsletter Special Issue - March 21, 2001 [Image] [Image][Image] [Image] e-Blast [Image]VirtualSellers.com (OTCBB: VDOT) [Image] While we generally bring you profiles of undiscovered stocks, we also want to provide follow up on companies we have profiled in the past. VirtualSellers.com Inc. (OTCBB: VDOT) is one such company. VDOT issued some very interesting news today about the release of a new version (v5) of its TAME(tm) software. The release states that TAME V is an alternative to the popular Java programming language and that it saves significant programming time -- which equates to direct cost savings to Web developers, network programmers and software developers. This is a powerful, yet simple-to-use programming tool that automates and streamlines some very complicated tasks. [Image]Todays News [Image] COMPANY CONTACT: MEDIA & INVESTOR RELATIONS: Everett Palmer, Investor Relations VirtualSellers.com, Inc. 312.920.9120 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VIRTUALSELLERS.COM RELEASES AN ALTERNATIVE TO JAVA -Virtualsellers Releases Version Five Of Its Proprietary TAME Pure Scripting Language - CHICAGO, Ill., March 21, 2001 VirtualSellers.com, Inc. (OTC BB: VDOT), a developer and provider of software and technology used to automate and streamline Web and e-commerce applications, announced today that it has completed development of version five of its TAME software. TAME V is now available for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web developers and networking programmers. The new version of TAME, is a faster, easier, and more powerful version than its predecessors. This high performance, platform independent, server-side programming package is used to produce Web pages, Web-based applications, and e-commerce applications. It serves as the glue between many Web-based platforms, languages and legacy systems including XML and XSL applications, and in the future, Microsofts .NET. As a leader in platform independence, TAME V can be deployed on Linux, UNIX, or Windows NT. Its distinct advantage lies in reducing the complexity of accessing application programming interfaces (APIs), ODBC and most other files systems. TAME is the most productive Web development tool on the market, said Dennis Sinclair, PhD., president and CEO of VirtualSellers. TAMEs simplified language and the ability to use previously developed code makes transition seamless and requires minimal training. TAME V simplifies how systems and software work together and requires 25 percent less code than Java Script. The smaller code package reduces the amount of space required for files to move through a network, reducing bandwidth usage. Programming in TAME is consistent, requiring less programming time and a lower level programming skill set resulting in lower labor rates. Its interfaces can eliminate bugs, errors, and other programming flaws. At the core of the system is a concise, proprietary engine that provides the language interpreter and basic functionality. That means less overhead and a smaller memory footprint, said Sinclair. TAME only employs what is required in an application, instead of redundant and unnecessary tools. The result is an efficient, but flexible software that makes loading easy, development fast and cost savings routine. With these new enhancements on TAME V, lesser-skilled programmers can produce results immediately. If a unique or complex problem arises, an average C programmer can be brought in to identify and solve the problem. The solution can then be given to the script coders for manipulation. TAME software also provides additional core functionality that is easily inserted into the language, allowing script programmers to tackle the application scripting and continue with the creative process to make the application attractive to the end user. The Installation of TAME is very simple, utilizing fully automated standard installation software that is familiar to most Web-servers allowing for quick installation and configuration of the product. Once installed, no further action is required, except, perhaps, when adding any optional application modules. TAME is based on objects and is extensible, so new objects or functions may be created in C or C++ and will result as an extension of the Web-server as dynamic libraries. This gives the TAME software unlimited flexibility and control. For the most part, the developers may replace or add objects, file routines, database access, or any other functions as they see fit, thus avoiding interface problems that invariably arise with other less flexible scripting languages. And any code developed as business rules, are now reusable among many applications, providing a greater and quicker return on investment. TAME has the ability to converse with multiple databases on any platform, using ODBC connectivity. This eliminates the need for custom connections with custom software specific to those connections. And moving to another platform becomes a non-issue. The new features of TAME V include: · Universal concepts found on APL, C++, Java and other scripting languages. · Flextype Variables that are non-declarative, yet strongly typed. · Syntax checking. · Generalized arrays (arrays of arrays) have been implemented. · Session management allows for persistence of objects, variables, and page connections. · A configuration file allows for multiple instance control of applications. · A configuration file allows for specific control of loading only the required object modules. · Script library files that are loaded and parsed only once. · Script library files that reside in memory for faster access. · Support for XML and XSL for processing data and connectivity to other XML systems. VirtualSellers.com has two synergistic business units that develop solutions for its client base. As a provider of turnkey e-commerce solutions, the company combines Web-based and 800 inbound transaction processing. The companys TAME (Tag Activated Markup Enhancer) software is a rapid application development language for Web/intranet/browser solutions. The software can be purchased on a license basis or used via VirtualSellers.com ASIP (Application Services Infrastructure Provider). The Professional Services Group (PSG) provides solution-focused consulting, development and project management. Safe Harbor Statement Included in this press release are forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Those forward-looking statements include statements about the anticipated sales of its TAME software, its ability to become profitable or breakeven, its ability to produce substantial revenues and its ability to increase sales of its e-commerce services. Those forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. 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Freedom Forum event 3/22 in NYC on 1st Amendment and the Net
by Declan McCullagh 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

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by sci＠serviceconceptsint.com 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

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content owners vs. ISPs
by Blank Frank 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

"Copyright holders aren't going to be happy with Freenet and Gnutella," Mohr said. "They are going to want to start monitoring people at the ISP level, and that means there is going to be a coming war between individual privacy versus network security." http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42438,00.html

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