July 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Thought-A-Day
by Fountain Of Joy 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

PERCEPTION If you are distressed by anything external,the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. --Marcus Aurelius ********************************************************************************** Your name has been recommended to receive thoughts of wisdom from Fountain of Joy. These thoughts will be delivered, free of cost, to your desktop,everyday, for an initial evaluation period. We believe that the meaningful insights of these carefully selected thoughts will make your life peaceful,successful & happy in a way you had never imagined before. However, if you desire to unsubscribe, reply to this email with 'remove' in the subject line. Director, Fountain of Joy (Non-religious Organisation)

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No legitimate reason for an American citizen to have an offshore account
by Ron Holland 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Re: Why I Can't Sing "The Star Spangled Banner" in Church This July 4th > Sunday > > Please take a moment & read the above short 800 word article for your > review, > consideration & linking at the following URL: > http://www.southerncaucus.org/nostarspangledbanner.htm > > Thank you, > Ron Holland, Editor > Dixie Daily News http://www.southerncaucus.org

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Joint pain cure with chicken collagen fkprn
by urheal4727＠Flashmail.com 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

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No legitimate reason for an American citizen to have an offshore account
by Duncan Frissell 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Better late than never... New York Times March 3, 2001 Citibank Admits to Lapses in Dealings With Offshore Shell Banks http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/03/business/03LAUN.html There is no legitimate reason for an American citizen to have an offshore account, the experts told the panel. "When you go offshore, you are doing so to evade rules, regulations, laws or taxes," said Jack Blum, a Washington lawyer with 30 years of experience in financial fraud, tax evasion and money laundering. Who's Jack you ask: Bio: http://www.ciba-imlc-rcmp-grc.org/pages_01/p_3_agen/3_age_5_e.html Provides cover for the CIA ducking drug smuggling charges: http://www.angelfire.com/id/ciadrugs/blumlive.html Works for a firm called in to defend the Clinton Secret Police: http://www.wired.com/news/lycos/0,1306,37022,00.html http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/act-investigation.html Supplies quotes for the IRS to tiptoe through credit card slips: http://personal.bellsouth.net/atl/d/b/dboddifo/Tax2.htm Isn't the Net convenient? As to the larger question of whether or not there are legitimate reasons for US citizens to have offshore accounts of various sorts, some of these reasons are "legitimate" and apply to US citizens: Offshore? US citizens 1. Tax avoidance/evasion (avoidance is legal) 2. Privacy preservation vis-a-vis government, family, creditors, enemies 3. Asset protection (seizure, litigation, etc) 4. Probate avoidance 5. Removal of assets from personal estate for qualification purposes (student aid, convalescent care, etc) 6. Access to accounts denominated in foreign currencies 7. Improved banking services for international business transactions Europeans 1. Access to Anglo-Saxon legal forms (ie Trusts) 2. Avoiding Forced Heirship 3. Expatiate financing & tax planning Other nationals 1. Country risk 2. Avoid exchange controls 3. Expatiate financing & tax planning

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Re: Sender and receiver non-repudiation (fwd)
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:48:31 +0300 (EET DST) From: Helger Lipmaa <helger(a)tml.hut.fi> To: Panayiotis Kotzanikolaou <pkotzani(a)unipi.gr> Cc: cryptography(a)wasabisystems.com Subject: Re: Sender and receiver non-repudiation On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Panayiotis Kotzanikolaou wrote: > The problem in this scheme is that Bob signs and sends the proof after > he has received M. Bob can receive M and never send a receipt. > > By using a trusted delivery service, it is easy to produce > non-repudiation evidence both for the sender and the receiver. > Is there any cryptographic protocol that "forces" Bob to produce > non-repudiation evidence during execution? Answering only to this concrete question: the kind of things you want are accomplished by contract signing protocols. A few recent papers: Optimistic Protocols for Fair Exchange(N. Asokan, Matthis Schunter, Michael Waidner, 1996) Optimal Efficiency of Optimistic Contract Signing(Birgit Pfitzmann, Matthias Schunter, Michael Waidner, PODC 98) Optimistic synchronous multi-party contract signing(N. Asokan, Birgit Baum-Waidner, Matthias Schunter, and Michael Waidner, dec 1998) Asynchronous protocols for optimistic fair exchange(N. Asokan, Victor Shoup, Michael Waidner, may 1998) Optimistic asynchronous multi-party contract signing(Birgit Baum-Waidner and Michael Waidner, nov 1998) Optimistic fair exchange of digital signatures(N. Askon, Victor Shoup, Michael Waidner, oct 1999) Abuse-free Optimistic Contract Signing(Juan Garay, Markus Jakobsson, Phil MacKenzie, CRYPTO '99) Abuse-free Multi-party Contract Signing( Juan Garay, Phil MacKenzie, DISC '99) Provable Secure Certified Mail(Birgit Pfitzmann, Matthias Schunter, Michael Waidner, 2000) Analysis of Abuse-Free Contract Signing( Vitaly Shmatikov, John C. Mitchell, 2000) 06/23/01 Optimistic Asynchronous Multi-Party Contract Signing with Reduced Number of Rounds(Birgit Baum-Waidner, eprint 2001/044) (you can find links to them at http://www.tml.hut.fi/~helger/crypto/link/protocols/contract.html) Answering more generally: it does not help you to get non-repudiation. Nothing does, unless Bob is able to prove that you signed this document consiously, being sober, and generally, that you MEANT to sign it. Helger --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)wasabisystems.com -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Kyllo: Taking the 5th on the 4th
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,44785,00.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Cloning, miscarriange, and the 1st
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

The fact is that if clonning research is stopped then the low success rate will continue. A self-fulfilling prophecy. If it is allowed to go forward in a very short time (a year perhaps) the problems will be ironed out and the success rate will exceed 'natural' (Grrrr Judeo-Christian ethics) rates of success. Eugenics - the management of reproductive choice by the state. What we need to do is outlaw the imposition of religious and political viewpoints from the discussion....wait.... Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Of Art, Earthquakes, Image Processing And Restoration
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

And you thought double shredding would save your privacy... http://unisci.com/stories/20012/0621015.htm -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ "...where annual election ends, tyranny begins;" Thomas Jefferson & Samuel Adams 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: Banned Research and Raids on "Secret Labs"
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Sampo Syreeni wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: > > >Cloning is far from a perfected technology - dozens of embryos are started > >for each one that comes to term, and many that are born have severe > >defects and die young. A lot that don't die young are pretty darn > >unhealthy in various ways. > > That I didn't know. I've been under the impression that most failed cloning > attempts result in a miscarriage. The point that Peter makes is as valid for normal sexual intercourse. It's a moot point. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein 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: Banned Research and Raids on "Secret Labs"
by Sampo Syreeni 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: >Cloning is far from a perfected technology - dozens of embryos are started >for each one that comes to term, and many that are born have severe >defects and die young. A lot that don't die young are pretty darn >unhealthy in various ways. That I didn't know. I've been under the impression that most failed cloning attempts result in a miscarriage. But, it really doesn't affect my point -- if we think that starting a pregnancy known to end in unhealthy babies gives the government a reason to intervene and incarcerate, then we also have to apply the same standard to those who smoke/use dope/live unhealthily during normal pregnancy. That is what I meant by the "unborn babies", the view that we should think of foetuses as first hand citizens with constitutional protection that is being violated when they're "made unhealthy". >A lot of the rhetoric seems to be on the level of 'this is just soooo >creepy'. Yep. That's even worse. >When cloning has a high success rate, and embryos which are going to >have problems after birth can be identified and culled at an early stage, >then I have no problem with human cloning. Until then, I'd rather people >did not try it (though, unlike the State, I would not stop them). That I can relate to. The point was less about whether cloning is ethical than about the right of the government to stop it. Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:decoy@iki.fi, gsm: +358-50-5756111 student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front

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