July 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Air Force Turns 747 Into Holster for Giant Laser (washing tonpost.com)
by Steve Schear 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

At 11:05 AM 7/25/2001 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: > Bill Stewart writes: > > > Meanwhile of course, any foreign terrorist that wants to nuke the US > > with a physically small weapon only needs to pack it in cocaine > > and bring it in with the regular shipments, > > while Rogue Nations that can only make large Fat Boy style weapons > > need cruder methods, like bribing a crane operator to load the wrong > > container on a ship bound for New York or Los Angelese harbor. > > > > >It may not be that easy. My understanding (based on various TV programs >broadcast back in the early 90's) is that there is a program called 'NEST', >which stands for something like Nuclear Emergency (mumble) Team, >tasked with dealing with this type of problem. > >One protection hinted is that strategically chosen points of transit >(bridges, >ports, tunnels, major highways, mail, baggage and freight facilities, etc) >have >detectors for nuclear materials. > >The thing is, while you can sheild a source to the point where it is not >a hazard, sheilding it to the point of *undetectability* is far harder task. > >If you detect even a single gamma ray of a certain frequency, or >betas or even alphas of certain energies, you *know* that a certain >isotope produced them. If the detectors note the presence of a >certain isotopes, they generate the appropriate alarms. > >There are also other detection systems - I've seen X-rays of entire >container trucks which were passing through the Chunnel - illegal >immigrants were quite visible inside the container. > >An attacker's best chance would be to place his weapon in a >container, heavily sheilded, and then to bury that in the middle of >a stack of other containers of heavy shielding in the hold of a >container ship, and plan to detonate it while still on board in a >target harbor. Or reduce the effectiveness of the detection system by clandestinely "salting" vessels entering our ports with radio active dust with the same energy signatures. Sort of a radio active chaff. steve

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FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found Fax Cover Sheet.doc.bat infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "CDR: Fax Cover Sheet", was sent from joe lynch and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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London C Training - poRusski
by LCT 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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Choate Testing His ASAT Again?
by Jim Windle 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Apparently there was an unanticipated meteor shower last evening visible from New York to Virginia. According to the story on Yahoo: "A Reuters reporter saw a tapered object shaped like a trumpet bell falling diagonally through the western sky near West Chester, Pennsylvania, 20 miles from Philadelphia at about 6:20. The object emitted a lustrous rainbow of colors ranging from bright yellow on its downward-pointing flared end to light green and finally rust-colored red at the upward pointing tapered end." http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010723/sc/life_sightings_dc_3.html Admittedly off topic, but did anyone see any of the meteors? Jim Windle Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

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by LCT 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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RE: Re: Air Force Turns 747 Into Holster for Giant Laser (washing tonpost.com)
by Trei, Peter 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Bill Stewart writes: > Meanwhile of course, any foreign terrorist that wants to nuke the US > with a physically small weapon only needs to pack it in cocaine > and bring it in with the regular shipments, > while Rogue Nations that can only make large Fat Boy style weapons > need cruder methods, like bribing a crane operator to load the wrong > container on a ship bound for New York or Los Angelese harbor. > > It may not be that easy. My understanding (based on various TV programs broadcast back in the early 90's) is that there is a program called 'NEST', which stands for something like Nuclear Emergency (mumble) Team, tasked with dealing with this type of problem. One protection hinted is that strategically chosen points of transit (bridges, ports, tunnels, major highways, mail, baggage and freight facilities, etc) have detectors for nuclear materials. The thing is, while you can sheild a source to the point where it is not a hazard, sheilding it to the point of *undetectability* is far harder task. If you detect even a single gamma ray of a certain frequency, or betas or even alphas of certain energies, you *know* that a certain isotope produced them. If the detectors note the presence of a certain isotopes, they generate the appropriate alarms. There are also other detection systems - I've seen X-rays of entire container trucks which were passing through the Chunnel - illegal immigrants were quite visible inside the container. An attacker's best chance would be to place his weapon in a container, heavily sheilded, and then to bury that in the middle of a stack of other containers of heavy shielding in the hold of a container ship, and plan to detonate it while still on board in a target harbor. UPS probably would not work (besides, I think they have a limit of around 90 lbs). Peter Trei

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25 Jul '01

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RE: DMCA has pushed me to my limit.
by jamesd＠echeque.com 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

On 18 Jul 2001, at 18:56, wrote: David Honig wrote: > > 1. encrypted data is indisttinguishable from uniformly distributed noise Eugene Leitl > Yes, but which natural data sources have that signature? Using the methods of arithemetic encoding, a uniformly distributed signal can be given any signature one desires.

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Geeks want to "Free Dmitry" -- but Congress says keep him in jail
by Declan McCullagh 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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